Harold Pollack

May 22, 2013

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Blog Entries by Harold Pollack from 04/2009

Another nerd issue that matters for health reform: Preventing needless (re)hospitalization

| Posted 04.04.2009 | Healthy Living

Last year, my wife got sick and ended up taking in an unexpected vacation in a cardiac ICU. After a scary week, I brought her home. We called the acad...

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Why Does Michelle Obama Drive People Crazy?

| Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Obama, Politics News

Maybe if I actually knew her, I would understand why this mild-mannered person drives otherwise-sane people crazy.

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Showing some backbone on health reform: Hat's off to the New York Times

| Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Reconciliation Process, New York Times, Health Reform, Health, Media News

The Obama administration and various other Democrats are dancing around the possibility of using an arcane but important device known as the reconciliation process to force an up-down vote on health reform.

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From Protest to Coalition Politics in the Fight for Health Reform

| Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, Single Payer, Bayard Rustin, Health Reform, Politics News

Obama is pursuing the right overall strategy to ensure that we achieve an ambitious, if imperfect health reform. Passing health reform in 2009 would be a huge victory for progressive values.

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