Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act

Workshop Talks: Nurses vs. Kaiser

Posted on September 13, 2014 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2014 issue of News & Letters: Workshop Talks: Nurses vs. Kaiser Contract bargaining has begun between the California Nurses Association and Kaiser Permanente. CNA has steadfastly rejected management’s demand to hold negotiations in closed sessions….

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, alienated labor, alienation, California Department of Managed Health Care, California Nurses Association, caregiver, CNA, commodity, cost-control mandate, division of mental and manual labor, healthcare exchange, healthcare workers, Htun Lin, Kaiser Permanente, labor power, patient safety, SEIU, Veterans Administration | Leave a comment

Birth control and being human

Posted on May 12, 2014 by franklindmitryev

The war against birth control is a war against the idea that women are actually human beings who have a right to control their fertility and plan when and if to have a child. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged abortion rights, ACA, Affordable Care Act, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists, birth control, Catholic Church, Conestoga Wood Specialties, Contraception, Ella, feminism, Hobby Lobby, Intrauterine device, Marco Rubio, patriarchy, Plan B, Roy Blunt, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, sexism, Supreme Court of the United States, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Measured to death

Posted on May 11, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Reliance on metrics in healthcare has become a new Taylorism, or management by time study. Everything in the hospital workplace is now tracked by sophisticated computer programs, down to every last pill, gauze and penny, and down to every last motion. This vast pool of information becomes Big Data. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, automation, Big Data, healthcare workers, HMO, labor, metrics, Taylorism | Leave a comment

Revolt and retrogression at home

Posted on May 6, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2014-2015: From the U.S. to Ukraine, crises and revolts call for philosophy. II. Revolt and retrogression at home. A. Women under attack. B. Many dimensions of revolt Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged abortion access, Affordable Care Act, African Americans, birth control, Charles Murray, Chicago, clinic escorts, Coming out of the Shadows, Contraception, criminal injustice system, domestic violence, feminism, Florida, food stamps, Health care, immigrant workers, International Women's Day, Kyle Tasker, labor, Living wage, low-wage workers, Marissa Alexander, Medicaid, Minimum wage, Moral Mondays, Paul Ryan, poverty, prison industrial complex, prisoners, racism, sexism, South Carolina, Truthful Tuesdays, undocumented workers, United States, women's liberation | 1 Comment

Queer Notes, March-April 2014

Posted on April 2, 2014 by franklindmitryev

CeCe McDonald; Arizona’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act; Global Day of Action called by Solidarity Alliance in Nigeria. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Africa, African Americans, Arizona, CeCe McDonald, gay, George Zimmerman, Global Day of Action, heterosexism, homophobia, IDAHO, Jordan Davis, lgbt, LGBTQ rights, Michael Dunn, Minneapolis, Nigeria, queer liberation, racism, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Solidarity Alliance, transphobia, Trayvon Martin, Uganda, United States | Leave a comment

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Posted on March 1, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Obamacare responds to a serious problem, yet is a needlessly complex scheme that subsidizes insurance companies and has objectionable features. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Affordable Care Act, American Hospital Association, Barack Obama, health insurance, healthcare, Heritage Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, United States | Leave a comment

Tea Party wreaks havoc

Posted on November 15, 2013 by franklindmitryev

That a minority faction of one party in one chamber of one branch of the U.S. government could pose a grave threat to the world economy reflects the depth of the capitalist crisis. The sheer nihilism of that Tea Party faction reflects the depravity of American racism, which, as Patrick Buchanan threatened, would not hesitate to “bring down like Samson” the world around it. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Affordable Care Act, African Americans, Barack Obama, capitalism, Crow Tribe, far right, fascism, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, Heritage Foundation, John Boehner, Karl Marx, Koch brothers, Mitt Romney, Obamacare, Patrick Buchanan, racism, Republican, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Tea Party, U.S. debt ceiling, U.S. debt default, U.S. government shutdown, United States, WIC | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act

Workshop Talks: Nurses vs. Kaiser

Birth control and being human

Measured to death

Revolt and retrogression at home

Queer Notes, March-April 2014

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Tea Party wreaks havoc

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