The Silicon Valley Moms Group Healthcare Town Hall Recap
These days, the topic on everyone's mind is healthcare. You can't turn on the television, listen to the radio or pick up the newspaper without hearing of the latest "town hall" meeting or a new debate about healthcare reform in Washington, DC. Quite frankly, it is EXHAUSTING and CONFUSING! On August 18-19, 2009, Silicon Valley Moms Group contributors added their voices to the fray. Through written and video blogging, we shared our stories and opinions on this important topic.
Here are the links to all the posts, and the wide variety of viewpoints they represented:
Silicon Valley Moms:
- Linda: Healthcare for a Dream Life
- Tina: The Questions of Healthcare
- Robyn: One Working Moms Take on the new Healthcare bill
- Darryle: Two Hearts
- Nicole Peltin: Healthcare - the Dreaded Pre-Existing Conditions
- Erica Cosgrove: a Professor Mom Speaks Out
- Rox: the Business of America May Be Autos and Banks, but it Shouldn't Be Healthcare
- Sidney: Something Needs to Change
- Myrna: My Experience with the French Healthcare System
- Jill: The Stress of Being the Sandwich Generation
- Karianna: Autism is a Dirty Word in Healthcare
- David: Best Healthcare Plan: Diet, Exercise, and Cocktails
- Anna: Socialized Healthcare: What's in a Name
Chicago Moms
- Kim: Healthcare Reform Needed - Different Year, Same Story
- Jeanie: Food for Thought
- Melanie Myatt: Our Healthcare System is Broken
- Miss Lori Asks for Help - Healthcare Evolution
- Shannon Capanna: On July 27, 2009, We Became Part of the Problem
- Angela Allyn: My Healthcare Debate
- Susan: Healthcare is Bleeding Families and Small Businesses Dry
DC Metro Moms
- Sandie: My Mother's Story
- Sue: Healthcare Reform and Children with Chronic Conditions
- Jessica C. :Let Patients Get the Full Picture
- Jill Berry: My Healthcare Experience as a Foreign Student
- Amy Adams: Healthcare Reform is NOT a Race
- Michelle: What About the Children?
- De: We're Lucky We're Insured, But...
- Linda Kerr: Agree on All Points, Unsure of Direction
- Aimee Olivo: I Believe We Need Healthcare Reform Now
- KC: A Doctor in Support of Healthcare Reform
- Andrea Meyers: How Free Healthcare in Australia Saved Me
- Jim: Thoughts on Healthcare from a Federal Employee
New York City Moms
- Carol Cain: Calling Us Lucky, for Now
- Deborah Quinn: Define "Good Insurance"
- Helen P.: Healthcare Debate, An Overlooked Factor, I Think
- KarenTV: The Ultimate in FUD Manipulation
- Jennifer Perrillo: The Healthcare Missing Link: Relief for the Middle Class
- Jessica C: My Dirty Little Secret
New Jersey Moms
- c2mom: Want the Truth on Healthcare Reform? So Do I
- Lori Landau: Kids and Healthcare: Calculating the Costs
- Mary Kate: Does this Position Include Health Benefits?
- Vanessa Druckman: Growing Up Under the Blanket of Socialized Healthcare
- MT: The Cost of Autism and Healthcare in New Jersey
- Amber Watson-Tardiff: Healthcare and Homelessness: Stories from the Frontline
50-Something Moms
- Myrna: My Experience with the French Healthcare System
- Donna: What's So Scary About Socialized Medicine?
- Annie: Lying About Healthcare Reform
Deep South Moms
Los Angeles Moms
- Elizabeth Peterson:I Say No to Socialized Healthcare
- Florinda Pendley-Vasquez: Healthcare: Other People's Decisions
- Donna: What's So Scary about Socialized Medicine?
- April McCaffery: There is No There There
- Sarah Auerswald: Remote Area Medical: Los Angeles Heroes!
Canada Moms Blog
- Mary G.: Community Health Centres: A Good Health Care Answer
- Crunchy Carpets: Healthcare from a Socialist's Perspective
- Samantha: I'll Keep my Dilapitated aging "Nazi Socialist*" Healthcare System Over Yours Any Day
- Karen: Navigating Stormy Waters - My Thoughts on the US Healthcare System
- Jessica: An American Girl in Canada
Philadelphia Moms
- Cecily: Healthcare Reform, My Experience, Why We Need It
- Sarah: Healthcare Bill Needs Discussed, Debated, Deliberated
Rocky Mountain Moms
- Aviva: Not Political, Personal
