Health Care Series: "Didya Hear, Doc?"

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Thursday May 21, 2009 · 6:18 PM PDT

2009/05/21 · 18:18

THURSDAY NIGHT IS HEALTH CARE CHANGE NIGHT, a weekly Health Care Series (cross-posted at ePluribus Media, and today's post also cross-posted at CureThis)

I work as a family physician in a county clinic and hospital in Los Angeles and I’m actively involved in activism around the national health care reform process. So this week as each new move played out – whether by congresspeople or health care advocates or the health insurance industry – it was exciting to hear on more than one occasion from my patients , "Didya hear, doc?" It’s a testament to the fact that people are ENGAGED.

So,didya hear? If ya didn’t, here’s a quick roundup of the national level health care reform updates/news, and please read on to see what some organizations have unveiled this week in response. Because information without action is disempowering, and we’re not about disempowerment here at dailykos.

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Friday April 17, 2009 · 4:14 PM PDT

2009/04/17 · 16:14

Last night, CNBC featured a segment on "Is Health care a right or a privilege?" and invited two speakers to debate the question.

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Tuesday January 06, 2009 · 2:45 PM PST

2009/01/06 · 14:45

(cross-posted at Cure This)

And when I say "shiny" I mean "shiny".

Dr Gupta is by all means qualified as a journalist and a neurosurgeon to be a surgeon general, but what does it really mean to be surgeon general?

anju

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Wednesday December 03, 2008 · 2:42 PM PST

2008/12/03 · 14:42

(cross-posted at LAist and Cure This)

<span class="photo_caption">Photos by jbhangoo via flickr

Today marks the 24th anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster -- one that has been called the "Hiroshima of the chemical industry" and that took place in Bhopal, India. Around midnight on December 3rd, 1984, a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked 27 tons of the deadly gas methyl isocyanate. Safety systems were not operational and the gas spread through the city. Thousands died that night, more than 20,000 have died to date as a result of the effects of the exposure, and over 100,000 people still suffer from ailments caused by the exposure. From Bhopal.org, a harrowing account of the fateful night 24 years ago:

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 9:40 AM PDT

2008/10/15 · 09:40

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Finally. After a barrage of slanderous and fear-mongering commercials from the Yes on Prop 8 campaign, and somewhat tepid and underwhelming ads from the No on Prop 8 campaign, it is heartening to see positive and effective messaging put forth by these witty videos by Margaret Cho, Molly Ringwald, and friends, in the style of the Mac vs PC ads. The first video is posted above, the rest, below.

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How would you rate these new ads?

122 votes Vote Now!

How would you rate these new ads?

More effective than previous No on Prop 8 ads

85 votes

Less effective than previous No on Prop 8 ads

4 votes

Ugh! Not another Mac vs PC spoof ad

11 votes

I don't know. I haven't seen the previous No on Prop 8 ads

17 votes

Pie

5 votes

RNC police turning Twin Cities into POLICE STATE (with videos); OFFICE of Pre-CRIME in full swing

anju

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 5:14 PM PDT

2008/09/01 · 17:14

Yes, a woman peacefully holding a flower, getting pepper sprayed. (thanks to BFP for the video)

(more below the jump)

anju

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Tuesday May 27, 2008 · 10:16 PM PDT

2008/05/27 · 22:16

(cross-posted at Cure This)

This morning on National Public Radio, I listened as a broadcaster recited a 40 second news blurb on sexual abuse by humanitarian aid workers against CHILDREN. This is part of it:

U.N. Vows To Intensify Investigation Of Alleged Abuse

U.N. officials said Tuesday will take steps to ensure the safety of children after a new report revealed youngsters are frequently sexually abused by peacekeepers and international aid workers...

(more after the jump)

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Tuesday May 27, 2008 · 12:35 AM PDT

2008/05/27 · 00:35

(cross-posted at Cure This, a community blog centered around health justice)

On Memorial Day, Helen Benedict writes about the challenges facing our women warriors as they return home from duty. She follows up with a strong call to action. From "For Women Warriors, Deep Wounds, Little Care":

Women make up some 15 percent of the United States active duty forces, and 11 percent of the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly a third of female veterans say they were sexually assaulted or raped while in the military, and 71 percent to 90 percent say they were sexually harassed by the men with whom they served.

Unbelievable.

(more after the jump...)

anju

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Tuesday March 04, 2008 · 9:21 PM PST

2008/03/04 · 21:21

A good friend of mine went to vote today in Cleveland, Ohio, which is in Cuyahoga County -- we all remember what happened there in 2004. AND some of us would expect hypervigilance by the county officials to prevent a rehash of 2004. Well, this is what my friend experienced (she doesn't have a dkos account yet, and asked me to post this):

"I went to two separate precincts today to vote - I wasn't sure where I was supposed to go, since I've moved since I last voted, and I was admittedly bad in that I didn't submit my updated address form in the requisite 28 days before the election. I couldn't reach anyone at the Board of Elections hotline today to find out where to go, so just finally went to my old precinct voting location to see if they had a better idea of what I had to do...

(more after the jump...)

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Monday January 07, 2008 · 11:48 PM PST

2008/01/07 · 23:48

This year, the final stops will be pulled, and NAFTA will be the great train derailing everything in sight. On 90.7FM (KPFK) in Los Angeles, I heard a wonderful interview (can't remember who it was with) but essentially, this is what's happening -- we're pulling the final stops on any restrictions (tarriffs, etc) on our huge corporate agribusiness companies' exports of corn and beans to Mexico, this year.

What does this mean?

In simple terms, we're putting the rural campesino, the rural farmer who grows and sustains his family on corn or beans, two of Mexico's staple crops since Aztec and mayan times, IN DIRECT COMPETITION with ConAgra and other huuuuuuuge multimillion dollar multimillion acre American companies.

How so? (read on...)

anju

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Monday December 10, 2007 · 7:15 AM PST

2007/12/10 · 07:15

(cross-posted on Cure This)

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Above -- an amazing video. What a fine community showing. Powerful beautiful words. Kudos to the residents for fighting back so strongly.

Today, December 10th, is International Human Rights Day. (more after the jump)

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Monday December 03, 2007 · 10:05 AM PST

2007/12/03 · 10:05

(cross-posted at Cure This, an online health justice space)

Ah yes, another discussion of consumer-driven healthcare, written by someone from an insurance company (no conflict of interest there?):

A recent study by Fidelity Investments found that while 61 percent of employees considered their understanding of health insurance terminology to be very good, only 15 percent of workers had a very strong understanding of key terms. For instance, 56 percent did not know what an HSA is; a startling 13 percent did not know what a co-payment is.

Ok this is SCARY. If more than 1/2 of Americans don't know what a Health Savings Account is, and 13% don't know what a co-payment is, how are Americans equipped to shop around for their healthcare? (more after the jump...)

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Health Care Series: "Didya Hear, Doc?"

reprise: is health care a right or a privilege? (CNBC)

On Obama's choice of "shiny" Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General

Remembering Bhopal: 24 Years Ago Today

New Ads say "No on Prop 8" More Effectively

RNC police turning Twin Cities into POLICE STATE (with videos); OFFICE of Pre-CRIME in full swing

"No One to Turn To": on aid workers and sexual abuse of children

Caring for our women returning from war

Voting irregularities in Cuyahoga County, OH (again)

is it too much to ask to NOT have to nudge?

Bulldozers for the holidays

consumer driven what?