(2014/06/09) Somewhere between anarchy and tyranny (Health Care) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
from 2014-06-09T23:00
Edition #834
Somewhere between anarchy and tyranny
Today we take a look at the unnecessarily-slow, yet undeniable progress being made in the push to insure all Americans
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: 9.5 Million Previously Uninsured Now Have Health Insurance - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 04-04-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: A Girl, A Boy, and a Graveyard - The Reluctant Graveyard
Ch. 4: Act 2: Obamacare Equals Freedom? - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-05-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: I Quit - 'Merican - EP
Ch. 6: Act 3: A Closer Look At Bipartisan Cooperation - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 5-23-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Underwhelmed - Not Your Property - Single
Ch. 8: Act 4: Can Hospitals Save Money By Making Doctors Squirm? - @planetmoney - Air Date: 12-19-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Hospital Beds - Robbers & Cowards
Ch. 10: Act 5: You Can't Make Me Believe It - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date 4-26-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: In Denial - Somewhere to Jump From
Ch. 12: Act 6: Obamacare Hater Now Loves Obamacare After It Saves His Life - Majority Report - Air Date: 04-30-14
Ch. 13: Song 6: Room For Improvement - The Ali Of Rock
Ch. 14: Act 7: The GOP Death Panels... - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 05-22-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Deathly - Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
Ch. 16: Act 8: Medicaid’s (slow) Expansion via @FamiliesUSA - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - The Poet
Ch. 18: Act 9: Obamacare In Red States Vs Blue States - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 04-17-14
Voicemails
Ch. 19: The importance of reintegration of ex-prisoners - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 20: Some MnMs are poisoned - Sonya from Minnesota
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 21: Final comments on some exciting updates to the June fundraiser
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism Update!
50 State Look At Medicaid Expansion via Families USA
Sources/additional glimmers of hope:
"Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs Medicaid expansion” via Reuters
HealthCare.gov’s Medicaid Expansion Info
”[Maine] House speaker makes final push for Medicaid expansion with plan based on New Hampshire”
"GOP hatches dramatic scheme in Virginia” via Rachel Maddow Show Blog
It couldn’t all be good news:
"In Texarkana, Uninsured and on the Wrong Side of a State Line” by Annie Lowrey, New York Times
"Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law” via The New York Times
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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