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Ill and Uninsured in Illinois
Chicagoland, IL
I don't have health insurance. It hurts.
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Ill and Uninsured commented on the article |Sorry, that link was: http://illinillinois.blogspot.com/2009/06/tell-chris-dodd-to-support-single-payer.html
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Ill and Uninsured commented on the article |
Yes, politicians would lament that it's now easier for their constituents to tell them what they think of them!
I do wonder how much attention Congress pays to email, tweets and other techie communications. I get form letters back from some, at least. Roland Burris said he was getting "an average of 10,000 letters and emails a week." Ill. State Rep. Elaine Nekritz responded with status on the bill I had written in support of.
Sen. Chris Dodd is currently soliciting ideas on health-care reform and votes on them via a YouTube channel and Google Moderator (http://illinillinois.blogspot.com/2009/06/tell-chris-dodd-to-support-single-payer.html). Having gotten responses, will he pay attention to them? -
Ill and Uninsured commented on the article |
I agree that it offers a low-barrier entry to activism. I started blogging about health-care issues because I was frustrated with my own inability to get treatment.
At first, I intended to write only about my own experiences and provide a few tips for others grappling with being uninsured. But through my blog (http://illinillinois.blogspot.com) and others', as well as Twitter (http://twitter.com/illil), I've become much more of an activist for reform, somethiing my health would never have permitted in person.
My influence may be minor, but it's better than none at all. -
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Ill and Uninsured commented on the article |Given the high numbers of women who work as librarians, teachers, researchers, writers and other not-very-well-paid professions that value accuracy, it doesn't suprise me in the least that women don't consider Wikipedia a worthy volunteer project. Why waste your free time doing uncompensated, uncredited work on something so noncredible when there are so many more meaningful things you could be doing?
However, I question the accuracy of the numbers themselves, which may be no more credible than Wikipedia itself. You don't have to register to edit Wikipedia. You don't have to supply your gender or any personal information at all. So we're only looking at what those people who bothered to fill out a survey said about themselves. -
Ill and Uninsured commented on the article |There's a reason Anericans are going overseas for health care. http://www.medretreat.com/ http://www.medical-tourism-india.com/
That loads of people come here is a myth. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/21/3/19 For one thing, treatment here is way too expensive.
The pain and suffering of sick people should not be a profit-making industry.
No current plan suggests America have socialized medicine. Democratic proposals all refer to expanding government-run health insurance, such as Medicare.
The health-insurance business in this country is a festering boil that needs to be lanced. -
Ill and Uninsured commented on the article |Bohdan A. Oryshkevich. What he said
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