health care

Greeting Congress just back from summer recess last night was President Obama, giving them an unprecedented one-topic State of the Union style address under the capital dome, designed to save his critically ill health care plan.

Media pundits called it the most important address of the Obama presidency, saying health care reform will die without his taking charge of the patient. But that is a big change from the Administrations earlier decision to avoid the failures of the Clinton administration by letting Congress write the first draft.  read more »

I saw a wonderful report on the NBC Nightly News last night that gave me hope there really are some corporations out there that understand its employees really are its most valuable product. And a handshake wishing you well when you go off to serve really means something.

Brian Williams reported the story that Sears guarantees its employees called up for National Guard service in Iraq and Afghanistan they will have their jobs when they return. The law mandates that, but Sears goes a lot further.

It pays any differential between their Sears salary and their often lower National Guard paycheck. And it keeps them on its Sears company medical plan which is better than the government plan. All this costs Sears an estimated $10 million dollars a year. But Sears does not seem to mind.  read more »