Greetings, I have a friend on the Canadian Board of Physicians and I have been in contact with her. I will check with her and see what has happened to her...
Bob Johnson
pastorbob@...
Feb 1, 2008 4:06 pm
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Please post what you find out from your friend in Canada. Question for this group: If we are going to cover everyone for health care, not exclude for...
Insurance companies provide no benefit to the health care system. They "manage" risk only insofar as they can make a plunderers profit. The insurance industry...
Mike Germain
mikegermain@...
Feb 1, 2008 5:50 pm
2154
Organize voters and businesspeople in 63A to demand that Rep. Thissen hold a hearing for the single payer bill in the House.--show Sicko all over his district...
Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Feb 1, 2008 6:11 pm
2155
By the by... Sat at a table at a TakeAction event with Thissen last week and our small group discussion was on messaging (healthcare)... contrasting the ...
Thissen is THE key player in the House: He is the one who decides whether the single-payer gets heard or not. Lean on him! Get everyone in Richfield...
Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Feb 1, 2008 7:21 pm
2157
How many people on UHCAN's paper list live in 63A? ... From: timothyb115 To: uhcan-mn@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:43 PM Subject:...
Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Feb 1, 2008 7:21 pm
2158
Rep. Thissen NEEDS to be leaned on. He has been totally co-opted by by participating in the phony HCAC being ponied around by TimPaw. I attended a meeting in...
Mike Germain
mikegermain@...
Feb 1, 2008 7:37 pm
2159
Unfortunately the KEY player in the House is the chair of the House committee that will hear bills, and he is completely in the back pocket of the HMO's. And...
Mike Germain
mikegermain@...
Feb 1, 2008 7:41 pm
2160
Who is that? ... From: Mike Germain To: uhcan-mn@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [uhcan-mn] Re: mtg,Mon,Feb4,7PM ...
Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Feb 1, 2008 7:45 pm
2161
huntley - duluth _____ From: uhcan-mn@yahoogroups.com [mailto:uhcan-mn@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Diane J. Peterson Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:40 PM ...
Tim B
tsb@...
Feb 1, 2008 7:47 pm
2162
I find that this sort of language, while well intentioned puts off some moderates and many conservatives. Is health care a right or a need? I would say that...
David Moseman
moseman@...
Feb 2, 2008 2:00 am
2163
David: The best and fastest way to fund universal single payer health care is to eliminate the insurance companies. They make huge profits acting as...
dorijj@...
Feb 2, 2008 2:16 am
2164
Dear David, During 45 years in the ministry I saw health care move from want to need and back many times. I seriously doubt whether most of us would express...
Bob Johnson
pastorbob@...
Feb 2, 2008 4:45 pm
2165
Universal single payer health care is supported by a variety of ideologies including but not limited to "socialism". "Socialism" is only one way of looking at...
David Strand
mncivil@...
Feb 3, 2008 5:57 am
2166
Well put David. Aside from how one "Arrives" at the position of supporting single-payer/universal, such as via a socialist outlook, not all...
Hey, John Schwartz! Please share ASAP your personal stories of your dealings deep in the bowels of the belly of the beast; I know they'll be instructive, if...
Really IMPORTANT!! Sorry, folks to send out so much at once, but UHCAN-MN needs to sign on to this letter of support! Please get this signed ASAP onbehalf of...
Thanks for this. And, as an old socialist, who still believes in the hoary Labor Theory of Value (the ancient idea that things are valuable not because they...
Bill Teska
billteska@...
Feb 4, 2008 3:24 am
2170
Some of my anecdotes, previewed by Stefanie for whether or not to send to the list. I attend major public health policy events--particularly when...
\ Dear Health Care Activists, The next UHCAN-MN organizing meeting is: Monday, February 4, 7PM, Walker Church, 3104 16th Ave S, Mpls. (Walker Church is 1 block...
I think this message--containing anecdotes--should be put on Dave Shove's "Progressive Calendar." I urge John Schwarz to send it there: shove001@... I...
Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Feb 4, 2008 4:40 pm
2173
Greetings, When I was studying for my doctorate in theology, I was a part of a medical ethics class that interviewed the CEOs from several major health...
Bob Johnson
pastorbob@...
Feb 4, 2008 5:00 pm
2174
... John, Thank you for sharing these experiences. They are eye opening, to say the least. Thank you, too, for your commitment to being informed and for...
george burns
lightsdad@...
Feb 4, 2008 10:00 pm
2175
Saw it, it was great! Of the same series going to different states throughout the week, I was most encouraged by Minnesotans discussion on healthcare. David...
David Strand
mncivil@...
Feb 5, 2008 3:58 am
2176
Hi, While I asked my friend in Canada about their system, and this is what she wrote back I'm not quite sure what you mean by single-payer coverage. In Canada...
Bob Johnson
pastorbob@...
Feb 5, 2008 3:38 pm
2177
Here are 2 draft resolutions you may want to use at your precinct caucus tonight. Feel free to modify or use as is. the first is more general; the second is...
Hey folks, Here is the Sicko documentary film flyer for this sunday feb 10th, the event co-sponsored by Arise Bookstore and UHCAN-MN. Please attend this free...
Check out the following events happening this Thursday here in Minnesota in recognition fo National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day. For more related...
David Strand
mncivil@...
Feb 5, 2008 5:42 pm
2180
Here's a last minute "shopping list" for Democracy. The Progressive Caucus sent out an invitation to all the progressive groups they were in touch with to send...
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