We pre-boomers grew up in a time when there was no doubt that this country was the world leader in virtually everything we could think of. Our generation was born between 1930 and 1945, so we saw results of what a united people are capable of doing. Rising from the ashes of the Great Depression, [...]
The subject of health care reform has been a big issue in Washington and the news media for the past year. Citizens jumped into the fray, for the most part uninvited, when it became apparent that our elected representatives were botching the process. Town hall meetings, rallies and protest marches sent a message to legislators [...]
Mammograms are not needed for women in their 40s with average cancer risk, according to the US Preventative Services Task Force. This government-funded authority issued new guidelines suggesting screening procedures be dropped even though 40,000 American women die every year from breast cancer. How could they come to this conclusion and does it suggest full-scale [...]
Public option, consumer option, competitive option no matter what you call it this is the government-run option. If health care were not so important to pre-boomers like me, this debate – which is really finger pointing and posturing rather than a civil exchange of ideas – would be considered a joke. But it’s no laughing [...]
