I today declare that I will not take a self-described “conservative” politician seriously on health care until they introduce a bill to abolish Medicare. Period. Even if the bill doesn’t get taken up, they can still introduce it. Go ahead. Make my day. See Bob Cesca over at Huffington Post for more on that. At […]
I have to admit: I never really was a big fan of the public option in health care reform, especially because of the countless ways in which it was so constrained and complex. That’s why I’m more encouraged by what seems to be a compromise coming out the U.S. Senate – a limited form of […]
I’ll admit. I had to look that word up. It is not a disease. From the reading I’ve done about other country’s health care systems so far, I’m sure about this – it’s incredibly difficult to understand exactly what they’re like without having lived there. Acknowledging that right up front, I’ll say this: Canada’s health […]
Nobody – not even medical personnel – are immune to our screwball health care system. First of all, we have the story from the Peoria Journal Star about how OSF Healthcare is cutting compensation for its employees because of the swelling ranks of unemployed – and therefore uninsured – patients using its emergency room. And […]
A lot of us on the left focus on the public health insurance option as an essential part of health care reform. But it’s equally, if not more, important to focus on the development of insurance exchanges. Also, it’s always nice to see an article putting the U.S. health care system in the same league […]
So, President Obama spent his press conference the other night trying to convince America that health care reform is essential and important for everyone. The New York Times reports that he had mixed results. I don’t think that’s too unexpected. It just illustrates how critical health care is to people’s lives and sense of security […]
Conservatives love to talk about how “welfare” and “entitlement” programs destroy the character of Americans by undermining their willingness to work and generate economic prosperity. There are all sorts of problem with this view. Among them, what’s the evidence? There are plenty of rich people who could retire today with a high quality of life, […]
A post from Ezra Klein highlighting the useful – and accurate – re-framing that’s making it’s way around the blogosphere: conservatives’ “entitlement reform” is just a subset of health care reform.
Bill Poorman 