by Diana Cihak | Dec 11, 2009 | Health Care, Western New York
Okay, this is it. It’s time for us progressive, liberal, or just plain sane people to get mad. I just got back from a meeting with Senator Gillibrand’s staff and they told me a sick, sad story. One of the staffers was returning to the office the other day when she was...
by Diana Cihak | Dec 3, 2009 | Health Care, Western New York
We are getting closer to winning real health care reform than we have ever been before. It’s not perfect, true – but we are going to win something. It’s a major battle that we are about to win, with a bit more work! But, it’s really important that we keep in...
by Diana Cihak | Oct 10, 2009 | Health Care, Western New York
On Friday, activists gathered in downtown Buffalo to call out the private health insurance industry and their practices of denying coverage in order to increase profits. This action was one of three events across New York this week that focused on the...
by Diana Cihak | Oct 5, 2009 | Health Care
A good friend of mine, who constantly reminds me that she is more liberal than I am (which is pretty darn left), just posted this video on Facebook. It is a powerful reminder in just over 2 minutes of how long we have been fighting this fight – and how far we...
by Diana Cihak | Sep 22, 2009 | Western New York
So I got the call last week asking me if I could be in Albany on Monday (9/21/2009) for a very special event. I had some hints before that so I knew what was going on – the President was going to be in town. I worked many, many, many hours as a volunteer on...