Solving The Issues With The Veteran’s Administration Medical Care

Since the major combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan started winding down, there have been repeated and unsolved issues with providing adequate and timely healthcare for our veterans. Despite repeated assurances and varied lip service out of Washington, things just don’t seem to be getting better. Even with new rules…

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Did Paul Ryan Already Forget He LOST? and His Slip of the Tongue

With his House budget released today, Rep Paul Ryan repeated all of the goomziama that he spread around the last two budgets…ideas on social safety net items that he ran on and was soundly defeated by President Obama and VP Joe Biden. Rep Ryan…please note…the AMERICAN PEOPLE disavowed your policies…say…

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Faces of Change: Life Without Limits (VIDEO)

Though I’ve been a vociferous critic of President Barack Obama – most notably on his failure to “put on a comfortable pair of shoes” and join Wisconsin’s public employees as they fought against having their collective bargaining rights taken away – I can’t deny that the health care reforms that…

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Ummm Everyone Who Voted For Newt

You might want to see this! H/T Democurmudgeon: this is too good to not share! For everyone who complains that “Obamacare” is government takeover of healthcare(yes I am speaking to you South Carolina primary voters), and to everyone who complained about the “mandate” (yes I am speaking to all of…

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Wisconsin women deserve better than Scott Walker

Contrary to the beliefs of the Wisconsin GOP, Wisconsinites can do everything “right” and still get crushed by life circumstances. Life is unpredictable, and even the best-laid plans can be decimated by unexpected events like divorce, job loss, or illness. Even if we pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps,…

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The voters did speak…but did they know what they were saying?

Everywhere interview or story about the election in November, politicians can’t say enough that the voters have spoken. For instance here, here, and here. Far be it from the media to actually do any research on this but they did report last week on some extremely related stories(they just did…

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Mixed messages!

We recently found out that Koch Industries(the money behind the “tea parties”), while spending spending millions opposing health care reform, have had their hand out applying for millions in was first to apply for millions in health care subsidies. They are not alone as 19 of the 22 states, who…

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Health Care Reform – Public Option

Alan Grayson, D-FL proposes expansion of Medicare availability, where consumers could buy into the program at cost.

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Health Statistics By County – Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new web site County Health Ratings that allows you to see where your county ranks on health factors and health outcomes.

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OBAMA & CONGRESS – HCR GET IT DONE!!!

It’s time to get health care reform done. Don’t misread the mood and intention from MA. The people want action not dithering and not corporate giveaways to the insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

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