the kindness of strangers…

Posted by Stacey on Thursday Jun 19, 2008 Under Action, books, library stuff

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is anyone else upset about this??

Posted by Stacey on Monday Apr 14, 2008 Under Action, politics

Anyone read the co-payments article in the NYT this morning??

Isn’t anyone else out there demanding change in the system??!

damn screwed up healthcare system...

Health insurance companies are rapidly adopting a new pricing system for very expensive drugs, asking patients to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for prescriptions for medications that may save their lives or slow the progress of serious diseases.

With the new pricing system, insurers abandoned the traditional arrangement that has patients pay a fixed amount, like $10, $20 or $30 for a prescription, no matter what the drug’s actual cost. Instead, they are charging patients a percentage of the cost of certain high-priced drugs, usually 20 to 33 percent, which can amount to thousands of dollars a month.

The system means that the burden of expensive health care can now affect insured people, too.

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Save the Internet…

Posted by Stacey on Monday Feb 26, 2007 Under Action, Geekery

“This is about Internet freedom. “Network Neutrality” — the First Amendment of the Internet — ensures that the public can view the smallest blog just as easily as the largest corporate Web site by preventing Internet companies like AT&T from rigging the playing field for only the highest-paying sites.

But Internet providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are spending millions of dollars lobbying Congress to gut Net Neutrality. If Congress doesn’t take action now to implement meaningful Net Neutrality provisions, the future of the Internet is at risk.”

Alright people! Your freedom of information access is at risk… visit the following link to see what you can do. We proved in 2006 that our calls and emails really DO make a difference!! We can’t stop now!

Act Now: http://www.savetheinternet.com/

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