Spring Fling
The annual fundraiser for the Mesa County Democrats is just around the corner. It will be held at Two Rivers Convention Center on April 9, starting at 5:30 for cocktails and a silent auction, then a dinner at 7:00. We’ve invited speakers from the Latino Community and local unions. The key note address will be delivered by Sal Pace, someone ColoradoPols is tracking as a potential candidate for the 3rd Congressional District. Tickets are $50/person. Reservations must be made no later than April 6. There is more information at the Mesa County Democratic Party’s website. (Hint: They’ll ask you to phone me for additional information! And, no, I don’t know what the meal will be. Yet.)
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Western Colorado Congress is sponsoring a film festival at the Avalon on Saturday night, starting at 7:00 p.m. The featured films focus on rivers and watersheds. Tickets are only $7 if purchased in advance. This is a great idea for date night, and it won’t break your budget. If you are feeling frisky, you can also purchase beer and wine at the Avalon before the movie. The Mesa County chapter is looking for new members, so there will be WCC-MC representatives at the theatre offering discounted memberships. An individual membership, which normally is $35, will be available for $10 if you join at the film festival.
Insurance Exchanges
One of the things required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is insurance exchanges that will allow people to shop for affordable insurance, to be subsidized by the federal government. A bill is working its way through the Colorado state legislature that will define how those exchanges will be set up in Colorado. Please note, Kevin King, that this is not a government take-over of health care. These health insurance policies will be sold by for-profit insurance companies already doing business in Colorado. I’ve linked below to information about these exchanges at the State of Colorado website.
And for the people who argue that health care insurance should not be mandatory, I have this to say to you. I’ve paid for health insurance since I was 18, I’m now 62—you do the math. My premiums keep going up because idiots like you think that hospitals should take care of you in an emergency even if you haven’t been paying into the system. Hospitals have to pay their staff and their suppliers, so they increase the pricing of their services to the people who do pay to cover all of their costs. I’ve been paying for you for years, now it is your turn to take some responsibility for yourself. You wouldn’t consider a single-payer system, which would drive down costs, so we are stuck with mandatory health insurance which still funnels money to for-profit insurance companies so that their executives can enjoy the lap of luxury thanks to their million dollar bonuses, while uninsured people die because they can’t access quality health care. I’m really tired of you greedy bastards.
Helpful Links
Mesa DEMS Website
Wild and Scenic Film Fest
US Government Website about Affordable Health Care
State of Colorado's Website about Health Care Reforms
The annual fundraiser for the Mesa County Democrats is just around the corner. It will be held at Two Rivers Convention Center on April 9, starting at 5:30 for cocktails and a silent auction, then a dinner at 7:00. We’ve invited speakers from the Latino Community and local unions. The key note address will be delivered by Sal Pace, someone ColoradoPols is tracking as a potential candidate for the 3rd Congressional District. Tickets are $50/person. Reservations must be made no later than April 6. There is more information at the Mesa County Democratic Party’s website. (Hint: They’ll ask you to phone me for additional information! And, no, I don’t know what the meal will be. Yet.)
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Western Colorado Congress is sponsoring a film festival at the Avalon on Saturday night, starting at 7:00 p.m. The featured films focus on rivers and watersheds. Tickets are only $7 if purchased in advance. This is a great idea for date night, and it won’t break your budget. If you are feeling frisky, you can also purchase beer and wine at the Avalon before the movie. The Mesa County chapter is looking for new members, so there will be WCC-MC representatives at the theatre offering discounted memberships. An individual membership, which normally is $35, will be available for $10 if you join at the film festival.
Insurance Exchanges
One of the things required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is insurance exchanges that will allow people to shop for affordable insurance, to be subsidized by the federal government. A bill is working its way through the Colorado state legislature that will define how those exchanges will be set up in Colorado. Please note, Kevin King, that this is not a government take-over of health care. These health insurance policies will be sold by for-profit insurance companies already doing business in Colorado. I’ve linked below to information about these exchanges at the State of Colorado website.
And for the people who argue that health care insurance should not be mandatory, I have this to say to you. I’ve paid for health insurance since I was 18, I’m now 62—you do the math. My premiums keep going up because idiots like you think that hospitals should take care of you in an emergency even if you haven’t been paying into the system. Hospitals have to pay their staff and their suppliers, so they increase the pricing of their services to the people who do pay to cover all of their costs. I’ve been paying for you for years, now it is your turn to take some responsibility for yourself. You wouldn’t consider a single-payer system, which would drive down costs, so we are stuck with mandatory health insurance which still funnels money to for-profit insurance companies so that their executives can enjoy the lap of luxury thanks to their million dollar bonuses, while uninsured people die because they can’t access quality health care. I’m really tired of you greedy bastards.
Helpful Links
Mesa DEMS Website
Wild and Scenic Film Fest
US Government Website about Affordable Health Care
State of Colorado's Website about Health Care Reforms
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