Because I left Middle Collegiate Church at the end of the year, my health insurance switched to COBRA. There was a gap of a few days during which I had to pay for prescriptions out of pocket. I had a ...Read More
I have a dear longtime friend who recently learned he has lymphoma. He managed to get an appointment at the Mayo Clinic, and their oncology department told him that, with quick treatment, he stands a ...Read More
Last week I wrote a Liberating Word designed to motivate us all to advocate for universal health care in the United States. Because we have the most expensive health care in the world, which no one ra...Read More
I am mad as hell. Admittedly, much of that anger is rooted in my grief at the loss of Bill, my dreams, my future, and so much of who I am and was becoming as we went through life together, but I’m a...Read More
No matter how Republicans spin it, the latest version of “Trumpcare” gives a massive tax cut to the richest 400 families in America and severely punishes the poorest and least-able America...Read More
I remember how much of a shock it was to my then young daughters when they learned that there has never been a woman president. They now are voting age, but that shameful fact of American history rema...Read More
Several times during the “Trumpcare/Ryancare” debate, I heard Republican politicians and consultants state disdainfully that, “Healthcare is not a right but is a responsibility.̶...Read More
At long last, the Republicans have begun to show their cards on health care. They keep repeating again and again that “Obamacare” is a failure and collapsing. You have to admire their abil...Read More
