Health Reform Bills: Pros and Cons for Women

One of the most succinct compendiums on the various health care reform bills currently in front of the United State Congress has been put together by the grass roots organization MoveOn.org.
Women — and to a great part, single women — are the most at risk of falling between the cracks, should some of the line [...]

Keith Olbermann: Follows the Money in Healthcare Hang-Ups

The biggest issue facing our country today is that of health reform. To have healthcare that covers everyone in the country who desires it, the Congress would have to mandate and fund Single Payer Healthcare. But the companies whose profits are at stake – that is, insurance, pharmaceuticals and hospital corporation – would prefer that [...]

Yo, Joe Lieberman: Single Women Want YOUR Healthcare Plan

Joe Lieberman, the “independent” (read: up for the highest bid) senator from Connecticut, wants to make sure single women don’t have a public healthcare option.
In fact,  he’s willing to join the Republicans in a filibuster.
Despite Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s claim to have respect for this man, I make no such claims at all.
Connecticut unemployment [...]

Bill Moyers: How Insurers Keep Single Women from Healthcare

It’s America’s ongoing nightmare, a black hole into which billions of dollars vanish and hope for a positive outcome often looks bleak.
No I’m not talking about Iraq, I’m talking about the state of American healthcare.
As the Obama Administration mounts the first serious effort since the first Clinton administration to establish a healthcare program that will [...]