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Medicaid Its Not Just For Poor People

In my previous post, I covered what Republicans want to do to Medicaid. In this post, I intend to delve into why Republicans want to gut Medicaid. Republicans present their budget proposal as a solution to the "problems" of Medicaid and Medicare, which their...

Bernie Sanders Prescription for Big Pharma

Two years ago I blogged about being one of millions of Americans who has to swallow one of Big Pharma's bitter pills every morning. Over the last few years, drug-makers have embraced a startlingly simple tactic for fending off competition from generic brands: paying...

Too Big To Tell An Epic Without Heroes

I won't watch a movie if I've missed the beginning, and I hate missing endings so much that I won't start watching a movie I can't see through to the end. As a writer, the beginning and end are two of the most important parts of the story to me. They answer two...

A Better Life (or Why Im Still Not Moving to Canada)

Remember back in 2004, when Dubya won re-election and liberals started threatening to move to Canada? Well, maybe I should have considered it. Because according to OECD's Better Life Index, Canada is where I belong. But, I'm still not moving to Canada. Hows Life?...

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