Whenever health care reform is talked about, Republicans respond in an almost Pavlov-style manner. Immediately we start talking about the evils of the Canadian and British healthcare systems and about the loss of American freedoms. Some even go a step further and claim as blogger John Vecchione writes in a recent post, that there is no health care crisis and when nations make universal health care a goal it also makes conservative parties unconservative.

Such claims amount to sticking one’s head in the sand and defending a system that really is undefendable.

Melanie Fiona, whose given name at birth was Melanie Hall, is a talented singer and a songwriter from Toronto, Canada whose classic sound can be compared to performers such as Mary J. Blige, Tina Turner, Natalie Cole, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday. Singing Rhythm and Blues, Reggae, and Hip-Hop, her first single and album will be released in 2009. The single entitled “Give it to me right” has preceded the album being released to radio stations on February 28th, 2009. “Give it to me right” peaked to number 39 on Billboard’s Canadian Hot 100. The album called, The Bridge, is scheduled for release on September 22nd, 2009.

Hon. JoLinda Ruth Cogen
“A disproportionately large share of U.S companies’ health care costs stem from the treatment of a small group of employees and dependents who have chronic or catastrophic illnesses, according to an analysis by consultancy Watson Wyatt Worldwide - April 26, 2006.”
Yet, healthcare in America as we know it is poised for a radical and comprehensive changed that Americans neither fully understand nor can imagine the consequences. The U.S. Congress has let Americans down in this area and both Republican and Democrats must share the blame. The House has passed legislation for the past 10 years to assist …

by Linda Vallee
We have spent the last six weeks sending this out to every newspaper in the USA we could find and have posted it on blog’s everywhere we could. Please cut, paste and send this to anyone who is undecided if you think this will help … perhaps they will put weight into the testimony of someone who is living the health care plan Senator Obama is offering and how it is not working for us. God bless and good luck on Tuesday.
 
To Whom It May Concern,

 
We have watched with great interest over the past year the on going …