Affordable Care Act | Beth Byrnes

Mental case

Posted on November 11, 2013 9 Comments

I read this article about the addition of mental health care to the ACA a couple of days ago and found it encouraging: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/us/politics/rules-to-require-equal-coverage-for-mental-ills.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131108 The piece itself was informative, indicating that the Affordable Care Act mandates treating mental illness on a par with physical illness. It is about time, in my opinion, and we should […]

hAvatar will e-travel

Posted on October 22, 2013 4 Comments

We were so exhausted Sunday night that we just collapsed in front of the TV, flipping the channels for something mindless yet not insipid. All the stuff I had DVRd was just too heavy. Then I realized I had a Bill Moyer’s episode taping, so we watched that. There was a long segment with Richard […]

Whose values?

Posted on October 14, 2013 29 Comments

This is Columbus Day. I just heard that there is a movement to change this holiday to Native American’s Day. Sounds like a good idea to me. That made me think about a couple of things going on right now. For one, one of our three parties is holding their annual “Values Voter Summit” this […]

CaliforniAmerica

Posted on October 10, 2013 5 Comments

After the lament I subjected you to yesterday, how about something short and sweet? California is thriving. Read this little article. I could not have said it better myself :-): http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/feb/09/california-success-irks-right/ How is the Golden State succeeding now? Let me count the ways: Schools are getting more funding than they have in twenty years – […]

Health care for the privileged or for all?

Posted on October 3, 2013 6 Comments

Which would you prefer? I am pretty clear on what I would rather have. Health care must be recognized as a right, not a privilege. For the people who slavishly repeat the meme that our Federal government cannot provide any efficient service, I categorically disagree. There are at least five excellent examples I know of […]