The son of the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone made a big push Wednesday for
mental health insurance long championed by his father, leading a call-in effort
urging Congress to take up the legislation before its August
recess.
Imagine this scenario: To control costs, a giant health insurer
announces that it's singling out heart disease patients. From now on,
it will charge them higher co-pays and put lifetime limits on the
number of times they can see a doctor for their condition. The ensuing outrage would be loud and vitriolic. And rightfully so.
It's wrong to target one group of patients.
The progressive movement has prided itself on its ability to get its
messages out by harnessing the Internet, but now a liberal-minded group is returning to an old-fashioned model: a book club.
Bringing training to these targeted regions will create a corps of skilled organizers and candidates, and seed
progressive campaigns with the talent they need to win big in November.
Frustrated by a state law telling him he wasn't old enough to give back to his community by donating blood, Joe Gibson, a sophomore at Blooming Prairie High School, decided to do something to change it.
Campus Camp Wellstone Director Mattie Weiss gives young people the
scoop on what to tell political campaigns when they come asking for our
dollars, hours, connections, and cache.
