Michele Swenson
A former nurse, Michele Swenson has researched and written about the history of women’s health care, as well as religious fundamentalist and gun-centered ideologies. Her book Democracy Under Assault: TheoPolitics, Incivility and Violence on the Right is an in-depth examination of the fractured church-state divide, assaults on the independent judiciary, as well as resurgent 19th century science, socioeconomic Darwinism, corporatism, and Christian nativism. She is a member of the working committee of Health Care for All Colorado Foundation that created the proposal.
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Views Sunday, November 17, 2019 Let's Be Very Clear: Medicare for All Is Not Socialism First of all, Medicare for All is not socialism. Socialism has been simply defined as "the nationalization of the production of goods and services." Examples of "socialized medicine" include the U.S. Veterans' Administration hospital system, where the federal government owns the hospitals and... Read more |
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Views Monday, July 03, 2017 ALEC's Covert War on Democracy Describing an “illiberal” or “managed” democracy, political philosopher Sheldon Wolin and others draw a picture of a U.S. government acting as servant of dominant corporate money that subverts democracy, overwhelms representative government and sacrifices the common good, as the major political... Read more |
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Views Sunday, April 30, 2017 Health Care Reform: Commercial Multi-Payer vs. Public Single-Payer Health Insurance Washington health care “reform” has become one more vehicle for the continued 40-year wealth transfer upward. Recent Republican proposals offer $600 B in tax cuts for the wealthiest, paid for by $840 B in Medicaid cuts for the low-income. To Republicans, "freedom" means freedom from health care... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Colorado Initiative 71 Sold on False Pretenses: A Trojan Horse for Corporate Power Grab Colorado Initiative 71 is brought to the state by an alliance of corporate lobbies led by Oil and Gas, and their political friends in high places. It reflects the vision of the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to create barriers to participatory democracy, whether voter... Read more |