Sandra, I have been posting a whole lot...!!http://open.salon.com/blog/stellaa/2009/10/21/healthcare_reform_robust_public_option (on the side are all the other blogs) what I tried to do is break down the issue into manageable bits.

You would do well do heed the words of The Hat Sandra and check out my latest post.

Sandra,
This is a wonderful idea. Stellaa's link goes to a 404 error code. This should lead your readers to it: Click Here

I have several on related issues Sandra but found this one that might fit, although I have no idea what you are up to...

http://open.salon.com/blog/trig_palin/2009/08/07/obama_will_euthanize_our_old_folks_get_your_guns_ma

Dennis, thank you.

Sandra, I addressed health care reform twice:

http://open.salon.com/blog/dragonfly/2009/08/11/socialized_medicine_bring_it

http://open.salon.com/blog/dragonfly/2009/08/14/of_health_care_reform_and_brilliant_physicists

Hmm looks like the https are getting cut off, let's try embedding html in the comment:

Post 1

Post 2


second post on

http://open.salon.com/blog/bill_s/2009/09/10/i_dont_know_the_what_the_right_answer_is

Last month, when they took the public out of health care reform by removing the public option.

You, my dear Sandra, are one sharp gal. :-D

Here are some from the Canadian viewpoint Sandra...

Where the Nurse Checks Your Credit Before Your Pulse

The Man Who Brought Universal Healthcare to Canada

A personal experience of mine

http://open.salon.com/blog/shalayla/2009/10/23/prescription_pill_probe

A letter I wrote to my senator who was in the gang of six.

One I wrote when single payer was taken off the table.

Don't know if this is what you're looking for but it's worth the chance.

Hi Sandra. Thanks for this effort. I'm not smart about how to post a link the proper way. Here's the thingy...

http://open.salon.com/blog/ck_dexter_haven/2009/08/18/dear_us_have_we_got_a_minute_to_talk_about_health_care

This post got some good circulation outside of OS. I know that the nonprofit CERF (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) sent it to all of their employees. It's about the self-employed... the makers, fixers, servers who need coverage.

Sandra,
Here you go...http://open.salon.com/blog/blue_in_tx/2009/08/22/a_sincere_disagreement_on_health_care_really
and, sort of indirectly, http://open.salon.com/blog/blue_in_tx/2009/08/11/personal_story_wimpy_white_boy_miracle

Obviously, I need a link posting lesson....Sorry.

Here is my first link:

http://open.salon.com/blog/deborah_young/2009/09/25/shattered_our_horrible_hospital_experience

And here's my second link, I hope they work?

http://open.salon.com/blog/deborah_young/2009/09/30/breaking_out_of_the_hospital_a_renegade_tale

Real Canadians Talking Real Healthcare, Eh?
posted September 3, 2009 on Open Salon.

In this post, I have talked about issues that are, curiously, not getting any attention at all. At least a couple of which would, I expect, gladden even a nay-sayer's heart.

Health care - big elephants in the room

For some time, I've been posting on what is for me the truest measure of who and what we are as a nation -- how we care for each other. Or as it was said by someone wiser than me "as you have done unto the least of these, so even have you done unto me."

This is my personal favorite:

http://open.salon.com/blog/tom_cordle/2009/10/03/lets_face_it

I think these are worth reading, too:

http://open.salon.com/blog/tom_cordle/2009/06/03/forked_tonguage_iv_healthcare_hucksters

http://open.salon.com/blog/tom_cordle/2009/09/12/prophesizing_on_profiteering

http://open.salon.com/blog/tom_cordle/2009/09/25/passing_the_bucks

And for those who prefer a little honey to make the medicine go down better, there's this:

http://open.salon.com/blog/tom_cordle/2009/10/07/doctored_truth

Rod Emmons wrote an excellent post a while back that takes the politics out of it and puts the humanity back into it. I will try to find it and pm you the link. Don't have much time. xoxo

The premise of this one is---if health care reform means, who has the most powerful lobby. Then find the country's most powerful lobby, one that has won their battles already, a proven success----and pay them. Cut out the politician middle man. Lobbyists all do the same thing. And they all do it for money. So pay these guys.
They are not real busy and they are good at what they do.

http://open.salon.com/blog/chicago_guy/2009/10/15/lester_the_lip_solves_health_care

I forgot, I also posted these earlier in the summer:

When Mayo Clinic Speaks, I Listen (a personal testimonial based on my husband's complicated eight-month hospitalization at Mayo)
and
Mayo Clinic's Open Letter to Congress on Health Care Reform
posted July 22, 2009 on Open Salon

Okay…so I admit I have been a little obsessed:

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/04/09/invisible_uninsured--a_new_american_apartheid

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/07/08/want_health_care_reform_follow_the_germans

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/08/04/pipsqueak_blogger_uncovers_health_care_coup_detat

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/08/13/true_believers_in_the_crusade_against_health_care

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/08/19/failure_in_progress_health_care_co-ops_and_reform

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/08/26/health_care_right_or_privilege_kennedy_knew

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/09/02/how_peter_fleckenstein_poisoned_the_health_care_debate

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/09/14/survey_73_of_doctors_favor_public_option

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/09/16/ama_does_not_support_the_public_option

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/10/01/the_public_option_isnt_dead_yet

http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2009/10/21/individual_health_coverage_how_much_will_it_really_cost

I wrote about why health care should not be in the hands of your employer. I will be posting a second one soon, along the same lines but with a different example.

Damn! I copied mine from a Word file and they got cut off. Let me know if you want me to muck it up again by trying to paste 'em in directly. Sorry.

Does this qualify: "Guess What? We Already Have Death Panels"?

http://open.salon.com/blog/randomidiociesblogspontcom/2009/08/19/guess_what_we_already_have_death_panels

Hi Sandra,

I wrote one post about Will's surgery and how it wiped us out financially despite having health insurance; I also wrote about my son Mike and his having to pay Banner Health for walking into their emergency room.

I am absolutely okay with these being read more! If you've got a way to make that happen, fantastic! Thanks!

Here ya go, Miss Sandra.

http://open.salon.com/blog/michael_rodgers/2009/09/04/us_vs_us_why_we_lose_the_battles_for_health_care_reform

http://open.salon.com/blog/michael_rodgers/2009/09/09/we_cant_afford_to_wait

http://open.salon.com/blog/michael_rodgers/2009/09/12/so_what_is_this_trigger_thing_anyway_another_lie

I'll throw this in too because it's related.

http://open.salon.com/blog/michael_rodgers/2009/09/22/death_by_wall_street

Sandra, one of the most gut-wrenching ones can be found on Dorinda Fox's blog. The one about Senators Blanche Lincoln and Bill Nelson hate me. It was published in the Arkansas papers and caused quite an uproar there.

My office just received a 41% increase on our BC/BC premium. Like the credit card companies, they are trying to get in huge increases ahead of reform. It is anecdotal, but I imagine very normal. I posted this tidbit on Bill Nelson of Florida's Facebook page which is taking comments at this time to bring to Pres. Obama. Most are in favor of a public option -- it is heartening to read that thread. In spite of the media's attempts to cover same, the public WANTS a public option.

http://open.salon.com/blog/dorinda_fox/2009/09/29/blanche_lincoln_and_bill_nelson_dont_give_a_damn_about_me

Link for Dorinda's Post.

I wrote this three years ago in a different venue:

http://rxforhealth.typepad.com/blog/2006/08/health_reform_c.html

It deals with separating health insurance from employment.

Rutilus Extraho:

http://open.salon.com/blog/rutilus_extraho/2009/10/15/health_care_sent_my_wife_to_iraq