There is talk that the GOP, if in legislative control after the 2010 elections, will try to repeal Accessible Healthcare. This will invite veto from the President countered by denial of funding for the government in general. The naysayers seem determined to take us (the USA) to Dickensian conditions. Will they bring back the coverage gap in the Medicare prescription drug benefit, which the current plan gradually closes? Will they put the escalating insurance controlled inflation in health costs on the backs of future generations? Will they deny CHIPS so that our nation falls into the third-world category of infant health? Maybe a victory for the GOP will exhibit their sinister goals enough to ensure a return to sanity by 2012; but with the national mindset being a bought-and-paid-for brainwashing by the Murdoch media, maybe not.
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September 7, 2010Regina Benjamin
July 14, 2009President Obama would appear to have made a superlatively good choice for the 18th Surgeon General of the U.S. in Regina Benjamin. Her strong social conscience has prompted admirable work in Bayou La Batre in Alabama and time in Honduras. She has a long list of major recognitions and awards.
It would seem she is headed for certain approval to the appointed position except that I have already seen that she is on the hit list of anti-Choice groups. Also she will have to be careful not to do a Joycelyn Elders and speak frankly to the public. We wouldn’t want to protect teens from HIV-AIDS or other STDs now, would we? At least not by mentioning masturbation.
All I can say is – good luck. Your resume looks mighty good to me.