Regular readers will note that my blogging has been slow lately. I’ve been busy offline, and meanwhile I’ve thought about refocusing this blog. Here’s what came from that process: -I am now a member of Change.org’s Universal Healthcare blogging team, which means I’ll be doing all of my reform, politics, and policy posting over there. [...]
Fri, March 12 2010 » Uncategorized » 4 Comments
I have been mulling a post about the new breast cancer screening recommendations – an issue laden with schadenfraude for me – but instead I am going to take a break this week and simply wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving!
Tue, November 24 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
A few odds and ends – what others call a tab dump, except I include a little more commentary: Ian Pearl has muscular dystrophy; naturally, his insurers describe him as a “dog” and a “trainwreck”. They cancelled insurance policies in an entire community, so they could get him off the books. One of the most [...]
Fri, October 23 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tue, October 20 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
A couple weeks ago, I was on The Stupid Cancer Show. We had a great talk about what patients can do to influence the legislative process in Washington, and the three hosts all promised to call their members of Congress. I haven’t had a chance to listen to the subsequent show in full, but what [...]
Mon, October 19 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I am a guest on “The Stupid Cancer Show” this evening at 9pm. Be sure to tune in live, or catch the podcast when you can.
Mon, September 28 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I will be a guest on next week’s “Stupid Cancer Show“, talking about laws, health care, and health care reform. Please join us live at 9pm (Eastern) Monday, or catch the podcast afterward.
Thu, September 24 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
You might have seen on the news the large demonstration this weekend in DC. I planned to attend as a counter-demonstrator, but wound up watching it from my couch on C-SPAN. This was probably for the better – whatever they were protesting against down there, it was just a bit too slippery to argue against. [...]
Mon, September 14 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
These have been sitting in my browser for a while, and each is worth reading in full: From Slate, “The Fix is In” – about how a quasi-official panel of doctors called the RUC establishes prices for medical care. This is a good overview of the basic mechanism beneath the health care market. That article [...]
Thu, September 10 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
The last two weeks have been a little fragmented; I’m not sure why. I think it might be my brain adjusting to the Paxil, but for whatever reason I have not had a lot of energy for blogging. That seems to be changing. In the meantime, I let slip by this blog’s birthday; my first [...]
Tue, September 8 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
A novel crime against decency by Duncan Cross
