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01/06/2004 Entry: "Tuesday jan 6, 03"
On Sunday I went to the Pedro Pietri benefit. I got there late but I was glad to get there in time to give some bucks for a good cause. Big congrats to Fish for pulling that event together. I hope Pietri gets all of the money he needs to get better, and I hope that he gets better with or without cash.
Why the hell don't we have national medical coverage? Getting sick in this country is a financial death sentence. I hope Dean or Kucinich win and push a nationalized healthcare plan through. I can't wait to get Bush out of office. I don't remember ever feeling so strongly about Presidential politics. I used to think all presidents were pretty much the same and really just pushing the same issues through to maintain the status quo. I don't believe that anymore. I'm gonna go door to door if need be to get rid of that bastard. He can't get a second term he just can't. I would seroiusly look at living abroad if he gets re-elected.
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and it was good seeing you, brother.
but, hey! next time- easy on the high energy!!! ;-)
Posted by oscar bermeo @ 01/07/2004 02:47 PM EST
Don't be fooled by the media. Dean is NOT for a national health care plan. He simply favors increasing the _availability_ of coverage within the existing insurance industry-controlled model. The have-nots will remain have-nots as they still won't be able to afford the coverage. And, of course, should they lose their jobs (to which most coverage will still be tied) they're completely out of luck.
Kucinich, on the other hand, (along with Sharpton and Mosley-Braun, though DK's the only one with an actual plan for how to pay for it) favors a real Universal Health Care program that cuts the insurance industry out of the equation and provides coverage for everyone.
Check out the details here: http://www.kucinich.us/issues/universalhealth.php
Posted by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez @ 01/07/2004 09:27 AM EST
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