The Practical Paraplegic

by Sofiea Clerico
Flores, a paraplegic, hits the nail on the head with his questions as the national healthcare debate rages on.
It is my dream to see every American citizen receove medical treatment without regard to his/her pocketbook. One-payer health insurance would come closest to this ideal. The public option would help us come closer, at [...]

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By Sofiea Clerico
If you take a step back and look at the situation the U.S.A. finds itself in — you find a country going over the cliff because of obscenely profitable health insurance corporations. At the present rate, U. S. families are looking at health insurance premiums double those it pays today in just 10 [...]

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By Sofiea Clerico
Everyone in America has an opinion on proposed healthcare changes. Joe Wilson’s exceptional rudeness is not the way to further the debate. Today he was disciplined by the House of Representatives. The London Times takes note of the rebuke in these words:
The US House of Representatives today formally scolded a South Carolina Congressman [...]

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By Sofiea Clerico
Despite Congressman Joe Wilson’s rude behavior, there is no way illegal immigrants can receive any benefit from the public option or other provision of any of the health care bills now working their ways through Congress. Wilson’s public and erroneous tantrum notwithstanding, no health care provision for illegals. Despite language which clearly spells [...]

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by Sofiea Clerico
Congressman and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Fifth District of Maryland, held a stellar town hall meeting recently. (I watched the entire town hall on C-Span.) He listened politely and answered all questions, even while a few booed loudly. They particularly didn’t appear to like the word “Democrat.” Hoyer never gave an inch to [...]

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