Two months ago, I sent a note to my congressman, George Radanovich (California’s 19th Congressional District), asking him about his impending vote on the Health Care Reform bill. Today, I received a message from him. Here it is, with my response to him…

” Dear Friend:

Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. I appreciate hearing your thoughts and concerns… Continue reading

Earlier today, a small business owner friend of mine sent me this message:

“Glad to see you are blogging again. I don’t know much at all about the new health care bill, but based on what I learned the other day on a restaurant focused webinar this is what I think: You, a self-employed business owner without employees are probably winners. We, having less than 50 full-time employees, with… Continue reading

If you live in the United States, you probably know someone, or of someone, in a similar situation. Reforming health care is not about socialism, not about bigger government or even about freedom; it’s about having access to health care whatever your means may be. No health care system is perfect; not even in other industrialized countries where access to medical care is a right; but in no industrialized country is… Continue reading

Earlier today, the WHO (Word Health Organization, based in Geneva, CH) released this new data on documented cases of the H1N1 influenza.  There is no reason to panic, but keep an eye on the data. The previously called swine flu, or H1N1 influenza, is still spreading aggressively. The current strain is no more dangerous than the regular flu (with a death ratio < 1%; current h1n1 death ratio is 0.44%)… Continue reading

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Dear Congress Person / Senator,

Soon you will be asked to vote on a badly needed health care reform, which will potentially reshape the health care and health insurance industries for the better. I strongly urge you to pass the most aggressive health care reform bill, which must include a subsidized public option, as long as the public option means that one can purchase affordable health insurance from a… Continue reading

This 10 minute video is one more report to be added to the many articles and movies already published and those that will continue to document the way the very powerful Monsanto corporation has been operating, and intends to keep doing business with impunity. Monsanto is to independent farmers what Wal-Mart is to independent stores. Both with far reaching tentacles into government, both within the regulatory apparatus and… Continue reading

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