Petitioner at SF Rally on September 2nd

I simply could not resist posting this photo of a woman we met at the San Francisco City Hall health care reform rally. Her button, combined with her winning smile, were priceless.

Adding dental care to health care reform…… may be a good idea!

As we head into this weekend and await President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress this coming Wednesday, the “tea-partiers” will be out spreading lies and fear. I’ve been trying to tackle those lies by sharing stories about my father’s VA health care.

On Tuesday, the day before the rally, I took my father to the VA clinic to see his primary care doctor. She, as always, was wonderful. We walked into the clinic 15 minutes before our appointment, went straight into the nurse’s station where the nurse took my father’s vitals, and then a few minutes later we were with the doctor. She pulled Dad’s records up on her computer, updated all his prescriptions, and then saw that she hadn’t done certain blood tests lately so she clicked, and ordered the tests. She spent about a half hour with us, talking to my father and examining him. She had one concern about my father’s leg so she ordered a sonogram. I’ll get the appointment in the mail in the next few days (it is not urgent). We turned right as we left her office and went straight over to the lab and got the blood tests she had ordered. When I got home, a bunch of my father’s prescription refills were waiting in my mailbox.

Government health care at its very finest. I am so grateful.

So….. we need to fight truth decay as our model petitioner makes so clear, and just to have a bit of fun with that, let’s see how Mark Fiore, the brilliant cartoonist, views the current debate over health care. Enjoy and have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!