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  Yes, these are extremely difficult and painful times. People are demoralized. The presidential debate a week ago Thursday was a disaster. Trump lied, lied, and lied. Biden did not successfully defend his record or expose Trump for the fraud that he is. Further, he did not bring forth a strong agenda for his second term. Trump told us that "everybody" wanted to overturn  Roe v. Wade . Lie! More than 60% of the American people disagreed with that horrific Supreme Court decision. Trump told us that illegal immigrants are destroying Social Security because of the benefits they receive. Lie! Illegal immigrants do not receive Social Security benefits. In fact, they put some $10 billion a year into the program that they do not benefit from. Trump ignored the question on climate change. Maybe it's because he has the unique and insane view that climate change is a "hoax" created in China.  We are experiencing unprecedented HEAT that humans can't survive! Trump refu...

September 27, 2022 Heather Cox Richardson Sep 28   Today, President Joe Biden held an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to celebrate the lower drug costs possible thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed without any Republican votes in either the House or the Senate. Phasing in over the next few years, the measure will cap the out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs at $2000 a year and make vaccinations free for seniors on Medicare. If the price of drugs rises faster than inflation, drug companies will have to rebate the difference to Medicare. And Biden noted that today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the premium for Medicare Part B, which pays for doctor visits, will decrease this year. All of this was possible, he said, because the biggest corporations in America will have to pay a minimum corporate tax of 15%. “The days of billion-dollar companies paying zero taxes are over.” “And,” he added, “we’re doing all this by bringing ...

  IT'S TIME TO STOP FOR PROFIT HEALTH CARE VULTURES! The article below is from 2020....it's lengthy, but YOU need to read it. Don't think that this is isolated because it isn't! Other HEALTH CARE VULTURES abuse the system in other ways. Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances Prospect Medical, which mostly serves low-income patients, has suffered a litany of problems: broken elevators, dirty surgical gear, bedbugs and more. Its owners, including Leonard Green & Partners and Prospect’s CEO, have cashed in. Rose Wong for ProPublica Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances Prospect Medical, which mostly serves low-income patients, has suffered a litany of problems: broken elevators, dirty surgical gear, bedbugs and more. Its owners, including Leonard Green & Partners and Prospect’s CEO, have cashe...