By Maya Schenwar On a Congressional coalition.
The largest obstacle to the transformation of the health care system in recent years has been a partisan deadlock, according to Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin), a member of the coalition, upon introducing his State-Based Health Care Reform Act, co-authored with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S. Carolina) in April. The House has similar legislation. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.