Karen Murphy

Working ->Sick ->Unemployed -> Uninsured -> Dead

That’s basically what happened to my father when he got too sick to work. No job – no insurance – no health care… he died at the age of 61, uninsured and alone down in Florida. ...

Reporters and single payer: The corporate ties that bind

As some of you might have noticed by now, there’s not a lot being said about Medicare for all by the press or the MSM. That might have something to do with something called “interlocking directorates...

Send them home "with a bullet in their head"

The President held a town hall meeting up in New Hampshire this afternoon, and from the looks of this video, it was a three-ring circus outside the event.One anti-reform protester must have been listening to a...

"Stephen Hemsley, how do you sleep at night?"

That's what a woman denied coverage for life-saving health care had to say to the CEO of United Health Care.Stephen Hemsley is the CEO of United Health Care and he’s raking in money hand over...

Speaker Pelosi goes after insurance industry

Last night Speaker Pelosi annouced that she would allow an up-or-down vote on a bill that would establish a national health plan - or Medicare for All. The more I think about it the more...

House Energy & Commerce approves health care reform bill

This just in from The Hill…The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday night approved the Democrats’ healthcare reform bill, setting up a floor vote this fall. …In an unusual move before the final vote, Waxman...

Blue Dog compromise on health care: Congressional progressives say no

"We expect that it will retain a robust public option. If it doesn’t, we will vote against it.”Rep. Lynn Woolsey, speaking about the final health care reform bill.The turnout was great for this afternoon...

Cheney urged Bush to send troops into Buffalo

Former Bush Administration officials have confirmed that Dick Cheney wanted to send US forces to to round up Al Qaeda suspects in an ettampt to "test the Constitution".Bush Weighed Using Military in ArrestsTop Bush administration...

A tale of two parties

Susan Turnbull, Chair of the MD State Democratic Party, organized an incredible event down on the Hill last night, and Democrats from all over the state gathered at the National Democratic Club to talk health care and update supporters of...

Climate change: A crisis of credibility

The world’s leaders will gather in Copenhagen this December to discuss climate change and unlike the Bush administration, Obama will be sending a team to this conference ready to roll up their sleeves and get to...

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