The List

7 February, 2007

List of movies/tv movies I’m trying to get:

  • Go-Getter
  • Lying
  • Four Last Songs
  • Hitler: Rise of Evil
  • United States of Leland
  • Confressions of an Americal Girl
  • Life as a House*
  • Ballad of Lucy Whipple
  • For Love of the Game
  • Cheaters
  • 7th episode of Season 3 of Punk’d.
  • Saved
  • The Badge
  • Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

*Seen but not purchased

On my way!


Argument For Single-Payer

1 February, 2007

Actually, the best solution is a national health insurance for a variety of reasons.

1) Reduction in Administrative Costs (they run up to 10% of total health spending now)

2) Removal of the burden of providing insurance from employers so they save massive amounts of money and can compete globally

3) Labor can now function in a more market oriented way because they are no longer tied to a job for health care but are instead free to offer their labor for compensation

4)Risk pool is increased to at least 150,000,000 and provides a system that does NOT focus on weeding out the “sickies” to increase profits

5)This is not socialized medicine as the research and hospitals are still managed as they are now, it is the insurance costs that are managed