The study results are in. And things are not looking good for the estimated 46 million people who find themselves uninsured in America. The study conducted by Harvard researchers found that the uninsured have a 40% higher risk of death than those who have private health insurance. This is significant increase from the 25% risk of death for the uninsured, determined in a similar study done 16 years ago in 1993. In a developed nation that is a leader in medical and technological advances--how

Senator Jay Rockefeller was excluded from the bipartisan group of Finance Committee members who worked on the bill Chairman Max Baucus unveiled on Wednesday, so he spent part of his summer vacation researching the fake public option favored by some gang of six members. He reported on his findings in an open letter to Baucus and ranking member Chuck Grassley . You should click through and read Rockefeller's whole letter , but here are some excerpts: First, there has been no significant re

You may want to look at the petition and add your name to support the addition of a government option, and if not, add a provision that will abolish paid health care policies for members of Congress and have them shop as we do. We are all citizens in this I agree. If an option is not added, we will have not insured any more individuals and it is a known fact that Co-Ops either do not work or if in place, offer no or little additional price breaks for the consumer. I have long said we nee

Every single desire and concern of the American people is met by Obama's miraculous proposal. July 24, 2009 - by Jeffrey H. AndersonIn his televised press conference on Wednesday evening, President Obama said three separate times that he was being “honest” with the American people.So we know he was telling the truth.Therefore, we know that we can take the president at his word when he said:If you already have health insurance, the reform we’re proposing will provide you with more security and mo

Updated from yesterday's version. Note: if you support the public option, please sign the petition at StandWithDrDean.com , send an e-mail to your senators , and support Blue America's planned tv ad campaign . The White House and key Democratic senators, including Iowa's Tom Harkin, appear to be walking into a trap for the sake of bipartisan agreement on health care in the Senate. There is growing support for a fake public option, as opposed to a government health insurance plan tha