Tag Archives: healthcare

Covid Notes: “We don’t trust the white coats anymore.”

Posted on February 28, 2024 by David Posnett

Norbert Goldfield MD: ‘Ask Nurses & Doctors’ This Covid outbreak is on the decline but Long Covid is here with documented impact on children. We have failed our older people: “In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of … Continue reading →

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Sowed Discord

Posted on August 28, 2020 by David Posnett

Trump‘s lackey boy, Lee Zeldin SpringsAugust 24, 2020 Dear David: The past three and a half years have been a master class in the havoc that can be wrought when a president is constrained by neither truth nor decency. Starting … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Sabotage of Healthcare

Posted on February 19, 2020 by David Posnett

In spite of Trump’s SOTU lies, healthcare disinformation (with Lee Zeldin’s complicity), here is where we are on health care: A recent poll shows Americans disapprove of President Trump’s handling of the Affordable Care Act by 56 to 35 percent … Continue reading →

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Candice Hildebrant

Posted on April 2, 2019 by David Posnett

In early March, just a few weeks before she died, Candice Hildebrant posted her story.  I will let her tell it in her own powerful words. Candice was in her thirtys, a tireless advocate for a single payer healthcare system, … Continue reading →

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Our Healthcare System will Change (Like it or Not)

Posted on November 5, 2018 by David Posnett

Submitted by John Hooker In reply to a recent laudable post “Drug Prices: How Pharma Games the System,” I have this to add. To gather momentum to change our system we should be relentless in emphasizing the cost that affects … Continue reading →

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The Issues that Matter in NY CD-1

Posted on May 21, 2018 by David Posnett

From: Steven Lupo  as posted on FaceBook: I was knocking on doors for Kate Maguire Browning today. At one of the first homes I went to, a young woman answered the door. She looked exhausted. I apologized for disturbing her … Continue reading →

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US Healthcare: no Bang for the Buck

Posted on May 19, 2018 by David Posnett

Health care in the US is more expensive, by far, than anywhere else on this planet.  It represents greater than 17.9% of the US GDP.   Health spending is projected to grow 1.0 percentage point faster than Gross Domestic Product … Continue reading →

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Out-of-pocket healthcare spending could rise thanks to Lee Zeldin

Posted on January 24, 2018 by David Posnett

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, Obamacare)  was associated with reduced out-of-pocket spending for US medical care, particularly among those with lower incomes, but not with reduced premiums. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the … Continue reading →

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Zeldin Must Stand Up And Protect Long Island’s Health Care

Posted on September 25, 2017 by David Posnett

Letter To Editor: Zeldin Must Stand Up And Protect Long Island’s Health Care Published in “Smithtown Matters”,  Friday, September 22, 2017 at 6:08PM Dear Editor, Next week, Senate Republicans will debate a cruel plan to take away health care from millions … Continue reading →

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Americans Don’t Want Senate’s Health Care Plan, But It’s Unclear What They Do Want

Posted on July 13, 2017 by David Posnett

This is from my friend John Hooker: OK guys — this is a must-read. It contains what you need to know about American public opinion on health care. Don’t forget, health care affects everyone and encompasses almost every aspect of … Continue reading →

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