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In this time and place - the United States on the cusp of a huge choice about health care - there is no more important blog than Names of the Dead. It's a video blog actually and a very unusual one. The posts are of Alan Grayson, on the floor of the U.S. Congress, reading the stories of people who have died due to the lack of health insurance, as submitted by their loved ones. Please, read this and pass it on to anyone you know who has a story to tell. Sadly, there are too many. Over 40,000 a year, in fact, including: Jack Snell (51, Cook, MN), Jim Shoe (22, Park Ridge, IL), Cindy Rhea (30's, Knoxville, TN), Rhonda Petrey (44, Toledo, OH), Clifford Scott (52, Tallahassee, FL), Louis Bruce Witherspoon (61, Anaheim, CA)....
Posted: 10/30/09; 7:11:34 PM # |