Take a Look at How Much CEOs of Insurance Companies Make

71014_MoneyHappiness_vl-vertical.jpgI’m sure many of you are feeling sick of hearing about health care reform from whatever media sources you are tuned into. It’s easy just to get disgusted and turn off to it. But regardless of your political affiliations, most people agree that the system is not working as it’s currently “structured” and something needs to be done to make it better. The U.S. can’t survive in the 21st Century economy if costs continue to skyrocket as they have been and the uninsured continue to burden our economy.

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Educate Yourself: READ The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

The Healing of AmericaLiving and working in NYC I don’t often listen to the radio.  This week I’m house sitting and dog sitting in New Jersey for my partner’s cousin and her family. And today I had lunch with my aunt, uncle, and cousins on the Jersey Shore in Long Branch. When I do have an occasion to drive, it’s always tuned to NPR and I’m always pleased by the quality of coverage as I was today. On my way “home” to Edison NJ, I listened to Terry Gross interview Washington Post writer T.R. Reid about his new book The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care.

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Fight Ignorance… Get Off Your Ass and Do Something about Health Care

For me Health Care Reform is in fact more of a hot button issue than Gay Rights. I know that many of my fellow gay friends may disagree with me. But, in fact, if I had to choose between having a solid health care reform bill and passing legislation to make gay marriage legal, I would choose Health Care reform.

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Great Video Against Homophobia Set to Lily Allen Song! F*%^&# You Very Very Much!

A friend of mine sent this video to me and it completely suits my mood after the California court’s hateful decision yesterday. I was especially annoyed that the New York Times put the story about upholding of Prop. 8 way down at the bottom of their home page, in just a link.

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Cute Guy on Miss California’s Thoughts about Gay Marriage

Beauty pageants like Miss USA, etc. should require each and every one of their contestants to do a test of their IQ. It’s really quite shocking that Miss California referred to marriage between a man and a woman as “opposite marriage”.

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