Treading water

My latest for Change.org is up: Keep the High-Risk Pool from Running Dry. One of the most immediate benefits of health-care reform is the Federal high-risk pool, which takes effect July 1st. This program allows people who have been uninsured for more than 6 months because of a pre-existing exclusion access to health coverage. At [...]

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Fri, May 28 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments

More Mortals Uploaded

I have posted about a dozen new chapters of League of Mortals this morning. Regular readers should probably start with #21 – Colonoscopy. First time readers should start at the title page. I meant to do this weekly, but have been super busy the last few weeks – nothing bad, but still enough to keep [...]

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Tue, May 18 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments

Health Care is a Civil Right

My latest post for Change.org argues that health care is a civil right – and that the politicians attempting to repeal reform are the George Wallaces of this generation. The truth is that health care in this country is a civil right, and our current system severely constrains the political, social, and economic freedoms that [...]

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Mon, May 10 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments