"I've got mine..."

I don't have health insurance. My dentist just emailed me about a December cleaning. I emailed back and said I don't have insurance and I need to cancel the cleaning.

Friday I had a dizzy spell. It was so strong I had to sit down as I was afraid I might fall down. I was too meet someone and had to cancel our plans. I had the dizzy spell again this morning. My action to this possible health crisis: cross my fingers.

A Harvard Medical School study released in September found that 45,000 Americans die annually because they lack health insurance, 2.5 times more than was estimated in a 2002 study.

The National Association of Free Clinics, a nonprofit organization started to help third world countries, is hosting a clinic today in New Orleans, USA. They estimate that 80% of the people they will see have a job but insufficient health insurance.

For those who feel "I've got health insurance, figure your own sh%t out" I say, "it could be you one day." Attempt empathy and compassion. Here are some other people with situations worse than dizzy spells.

Keep America Racist

A former classmate of mine, whos Facebook postings seem extreme to me, told me yesterday that she ONLY watches FOX news... then it became clear as day.



Lou Dobbs, who many speculate left CNN (or was forced out) because of his racist views, said ""Over the past six months, it has become increasingly clear that strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country and affecting all of us..." That "change" Lou, is that American may actually be evolving away from the racist views that it was founded on.

August 14, 2009 Dobbs, "You know, it's just killing the left wing in this country that they can't force CNN to fire me."

Adiós Lou Dobbs

Over 100,000 people signed one of many petitions to get Lou Dobbs off of CNN. Now he is gone.

Our Service People Deserve Better

A new study estimates four times as many US Army veterans died last year because they lacked health insurance than the total number of US soldiers who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in the same period. A research team at Harvard Medical School says 2,266 veterans under the age of sixty-five died in 2008 because they were uninsured.

Read more here

When Will the Teabaggers & Congresspeople Wake Up?

Teabaggers Defeated

Congratulations to Democrat Bill Owens for defeating Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and their extreme right-wing 'tea party' candidate Doug Hoffman in the NY-23 Special Election.