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Vibes Watch: A Down Payment on Health Care Reform
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A blog about the city of Los Angeles, the Green Party, and green politics in L.A. Sunday, March 01, 2009. A Down Payment on Health Care Reform. You may have heard that President Obama's budget proposal includes a $630 billion "down payment on health care reform." What does that mean? As far as I can tell, the $630 billion is just a placeholder for potential spending as part of health care reform, the shape of which is unclear right now. Here is what the budget propals says about the "down payment":.
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Vibes Watch: Creating a Health Care Effectiveness Clearinghouse
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A blog about the city of Los Angeles, the Green Party, and green politics in L.A. Monday, February 16, 2009. Creating a Health Care Effectiveness Clearinghouse. Some ideas are just no-brainers. The idea of an independent agency to study the comparative effectiveness of different treatments is one of them. It will improve health care by promoting more effective treatments, and it will lower costs by reducing the use of expensive but relatively ineffective treatments. According to The New York Times. Is wr...
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Vibes Watch: Atul Gawande's Path Dependency Thesis
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A blog about the city of Los Angeles, the Green Party, and green politics in L.A. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Atul Gawande's Path Dependency Thesis. Writing in The New Yorker. In January, Atul Gawande makes a case for a pragmatic approach to health care reform. Gawande calls the need to start with what we have "path dependence," and he argues that every major universal health care system around the world was built this way. Of course, pragmatism is the theme of Gawande’s article. He cites path depend...
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Vibes Watch: Healthy San Francisco - a model for Los Angeles?
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A blog about the city of Los Angeles, the Green Party, and green politics in L.A. Monday, February 16, 2009. Healthy San Francisco - a model for Los Angeles? Is the name of the innovative program San Francisco developed to provide affordable health care for uninsured residents. That means just over $54,000 for one person and just over $110,000 for a family of four.) As of July 2008, 24,000 of San Francisco's estimated 73,000 uninsured residents. Posted by michael at 11:04 AM. Is written by Michael Rochmes.
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Resources / Links - Ellen LaConte
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Biomimicry Institute: biomimicryinstitute.org. Center for Ecozoic Studies: ecozoicstudies.org. Jan Lundgren’s Culture Change: culturechange.org. Derrick Jensen: derrickjensen.org. Earth Save: earthsave.org. EarthWalk Alliance: earthwalkalliance.org. Keith Farnish’s Earth Blog: earth-blog.bravejournal.com. The Global Commons Trust: globalcommonstrust.org. Green Change: greenchange.org. Green Horizon Foundation: green-horizon.org. The Good Life Center: goodlife.org. The Land Trust: landinstitute.org.
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Building the Green Party: Green Party Ignored to Death on Stupor Tuesday
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008. Green Party Ignored to Death on Stupor Tuesday. Bill Meyers, a California Green, has an interesting post on his blog. About yesterday's California primary. Here are some of Bill's points:. For statewide offices in California Green Party candidates have polled far higher. For instance, in the 2002 race for Governor, Peter Camejo received 393,036 votes. Because Greens, like other voters, mostly vote based solely on name recognition. Ralph Nader has way better name recognit...
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Building the Green Party: Court Overrules BOE and Allows DREs
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008. Court Overrules BOE and Allows DREs. To the disappointment of many, on Monday, Justice Kimberly O'Connor, Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, overruled the decision of the Board of Elections and determined that LibertyVote’s DRE could be purchased by New York counties. Read Bo Lipari’s blog for the details http:/ www.nyvv. Posted by Rachel Treichler. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Nader Shows Up a Spoiled System, Helps McKinney. Green Party of New York.
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Building the Green Party: Kucinich Refused to Debate Opponent in 2006
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008. Kucinich Refused to Debate Opponent in 2006. I am disappointed to see on the web that Dennis Kucinich refused to debate his opponent in the Democratic primary in 2006, Opponent Interrupts Summit After Kucinich Skips Debate. In order to have free and fair elections, candidates need to participate in debates with their opponents. Posted by Rachel Treichler. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Paper Ballots for New York. Who Decides Who’ll Be Allowed on TV Debates?
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Building the Green Party: Surviving — and Thriving in — the Green Future
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009. Surviving — and Thriving in — the Green Future. Paul Glover, who was the Green Party candidate for mayor of Ithaca in 2005, has a great new article in the Philadelphia City Paper about surviving — and thriving in — the green future. From "Yes We Can" to "Now We Do". FOOD: Grow it here. Local heroes: Mill Creek Urban Farm, Greensgrow, Weaver's Way Co-Op Farm, City Harvest, Youth 4 Good, Philadelphia Orchard Project, Neighborhood Gardens Association, Philadelphia Urban Farm Ne...
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Building the Green Party: Green Party Challenges Apportionment of Electoral College
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Friday, August 08, 2008. Green Party Challenges Apportionment of Electoral College. The Green Party filed a lawsuit on July 28, 2008, seeking to democratize the Electoral College by enforcing 14th Amendment voter protections. The action seeks relief against the defendant, Vice President Cheney, who will preside over the tabulation of "unbound electoral states" on January 6, 2009, and challenges the recognition of Electoral College votes that are apportioned by states on a winner-take-all basis. Let me be...
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