I stayed up through the first round of voting last night – a late one for me – and went to bed knowing I would wake up in a much-improved America. A lot of the reforms will take a while to get here, but they will get here, and our lives will be better for [...]
Mon, March 22 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
My resolution was to blog less this year – so far, so good – but this new guy makes me angry: [Senator-elect Scott] Brown has not disavowed his support for the state’s law, which retains majority backing in Massachusetts. Instead, he argued on the campaign trail that Massachusetts had taken care of its own uninsured, [...]
Thu, January 21 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
It feels like an alien is about to pop out of your guts. You think I’m exaggerating? You have no idea. Before I get to that, I want to clear my tabs in this last post of the year. First, you should read Bob Herbert’s op-ed about the Senate’s plan to fund health care by [...]
Thu, December 31 2009 » Uncategorized » 3 Comments
I haven’t posted about health care reform in a while – partly because I’ve been distracted, partly because I’ve been waiting to see how things shake out in the Senate. Now that I am not so distracted, I discover things have been not so good. For starters, the Senate bill never had a strong public [...]
Thu, December 17 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Last Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of Labor Seth Harris went to Capitol Hill to testify about health reform. No – not that health reform. The other one: The Healthy Families Act offers an important opportunity to provide workers with economic security by assuring that they have the ability to stay home if they are sick without [...]
Sat, November 14 2009 » Uncategorized » 4 Comments
I have been getting a ton of spam comments lately, almost all of which have been caught by my spam filter (Akismet). The only problem is I am not able to check whether the spam filter is also catching legit comments. If you think I missed a comment, drop me an email. A few things [...]
Mon, November 9 2009 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
The House health care reform bill will go to a vote tomorrow – yes, Saturday. The House has put forward a good bill – not perfect, but still pretty good – and the vote might be close. Your Representative needs to hear from you today. Even if you have never called before – especially – [...]
Fri, November 6 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I write a lot of posts critical of “tort reform”, because it’s often a bad idea. In fact, it’s often the same bad idea, over and over again: damages caps, which don’t help doctors and punish patients. That said, I will be the first to admit that our approach to malpractice needs serious reform. If [...]
Fri, October 23 2009 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
You know the one: “How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Got Their Way On Health Care“, by Karen Tumulty and Michael Scherer. It’s worth reading if you’re not familiar with the issue, but there are a couple of aspects important to patients that the authors don’t quite spell out. First, this bit: But there’s a dilemma: policymakers want [...]
Thu, October 22 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I am on record as being disappointed with HCAN’s insistence that health benefits remain untouched by taxation. Honestly, I find alienating their labor-centric focus, and I haven’t been nearly as active as I could be. Now HCAN is running ads asking the Senate to get rid of the proposed excise tax on excess health benefits. [...]
Tue, October 20 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
A novel crime against decency by Duncan Cross
