Arra 2009

The War 'in' the Middle Class

Paul Heroux | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Tarp, Class Warfare, Mitch McConnell, Debt Ceiling, TARP Money, John Boehner, Middle Class, President Obama, Eric Cantor, Deficit, ARRA 2009, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Budget Deficit, Gop, Tea Party, Republicans, Politics News

The most pressing issue in America today is unemployment and jobs, not debt. Yet, somehow Washington has managed to get distracted and focus on the de...

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On the Road to Recovery, Smart Transportation Policies Stimulate the Economy and Create Jobs

Geoffrey Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smart Growth America, U.S. Economy, ARRA 2009, State Spending, Economic Stimulus Package, American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Obama Administration, Jobs, Smart Growth, Federal Stimulus, Job Creation, Politics News

By prioritizing the care of existing infrastructure and public transportation, states can stretch precious transportation dollars further, put more Americans back to work, and help our economy grow.

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Those Recent Payroll Job Figures and the Continued Blue Collar Depression in America

Andrew Sum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ARRA 2009, Unemployment, Blue Collar Jobs, Business News

The U.S. should learn from countries like Germany and better prepare our workers for future job demands. Because at present moment, employment in the nation's goods-producing industries is basically flat.

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Audit of Federal Stimulus Funds in Los Angeles Shows $111 Million in ARRA Grants Has Only Created 55 Jobs

Wendy Greuel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ARRA 2009, Economic Stimulus Package, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles has become the largest City in America to conduct an audit of how ARRA funds have been expended.

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Deregulation, the Forsaken Panacea for Climate Change

Sunil Sharan | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Wind Power, George Bush, Cap and Trade, U.S. Economy, Congress, America, George W. Bush, Clean Energy, US Congress, Green Energy, ARRA 2009, Solar Energy, Electricity, Cap-and-Trade, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Global Warming, Solar Power, Energy, Carbon Emissions, Climate, European Union, Wind Energy, Eu, Barack Obama, Texas, Smart Grid, Deregulation, Climate Legislation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Europe, Smart Meter, Climate Bill, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Bp, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill, Alternative Energy, Utilities, United States, Green News

America is stuck. Yet deregulation, a concept all but renounced by the country a decade back in the wake of California's energy crisis, holds the potential to unlock the gates to climatic heaven.

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Financial Reform: Nobody Is Happy

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Banks, Financial Crisis, ARRA 2009, Financial Regulation, Financial Reform, Business News

President Obama signed the finance reform bill into law today. At first blush, nobody seems very happy.

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Illinois Is Putting People to Work -- Government Program a Huge Success

Dan Lesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Welfare, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA 2009, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Put Illinois to Work, Joblessness, Tanf, Chicago News

Illinois has done what the anti-government chorus considers the impossible: worked closely with the private sector to get a large-scale government program that produces jobs.

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Betting Smartly on the Smart Grid

Sunil Sharan | Posted 05.25.2011

With a complete makeover for the U.S. energy grid projected to cost $165 billion, it is imperative that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocations are made judiciously.

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An Open Challenge on Jobs to the Republican Leadership

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, President Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Jobs, Democrats, Eric Cantor, ARRA 2009, Gavin Newsom, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Gop, Mayor Newsom, Republican Party, San Francisco, Jobsnow, Republicans, Los Angeles News

Repeating a lie over and over doesn't make it true. But if you listen to Republicans on the subject of job creation and the federal stimulus package, it's obvious they don't understand that or care.

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Workforce Demographics: Who Are We Creating Jobs For?

Deborah Frett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, ARRA 2009, Green Jobs, Economic Stimulus Package, Jobs Bill, Business and Professional Women's Foundation, FY 2011 Budget, Women Veterans, Senate Jobs Bill, Business News

Women today remain under-represented in green sector jobs and I am hopeful that the Obama Administration and Congress will focus their efforts to make sure women are retained for sustainable careers.

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Will We Ever Hear the Message Instead of 'Shooting the Messenger?'

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

We owe it to ourselves to consider Congressman Roe's Healthcare Reform Bill memo, as our important concern, without reference to our biases, should be the message itself, not the messenger.

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Weatherization: Saving Money by Saving Energy

Steven Chu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ARRA 2009, Energy Efficiency, Green Energy, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Weatherization, Steven Chu, Green News

Long before I learned about the risks of climate change, I was fanatical about energy efficiency because I'm cheap. We want to help millions of families seize the same opportunity to cut their utility bills.

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Still Not Stimulated -- If You're Not First You're Last!

Gihan Perera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ARRA 2009, Florida, Stimulus, Foreclosures, Miami, Politics News

It's always great to be the best at something, isn't it? Florida recently got spanked for coming last in spending federal stimulus dollars on transportation and infrastructure.

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Personal Responsibility: In Education? Yes! In Health Care? No!

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Hr 3200, Morals, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Ealthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Ethics, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

When President Obama gave his speech on health care, he spoke as though the phrase personal responsibility did not exist.

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Healthcare is an Unprincipled Non-System.

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vision, Bill of Rights, Healthcare System, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Medical Negligence, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Declaration of Independence, Obama Healthcare, ARRA 2009, hr3200, Problem Solving, Principles, Single Payer, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Electronic Medical Records, Health Care Is a Right, Strategy, Mission, Medical Malpractice, Medical Errors, Evidence Based Decision Making, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Hipaa, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Systems Thinking, Medical Costs, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Information Technology, Politics News

Everyone knows that you cannot cure a sick anything -- patient or system - without a correct diagnosis. What is the diagnosis for sick, "broken" healthcare?

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Rights With No Responsibilities?

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, hr3200, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

Do we have the right to make ourselves unhealthy? I would answer, Yes! That is part of being free.

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The Emperor Has No Clothes

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, hr3200, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

Washington is guilty of management malpractice. Simply throwing more money into the waste of the middle will not fix health care.

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What to Ask at a Town Hall on Health Care

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, Town Hall, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

What to ask our Representatives at town hall meeting, and in letters or emails.

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30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Chinatown, ARRA 2009, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Income Inequality, People of Color, Structural Racism, Community Organizer, Racism, Economic Recovery, Immigrants, Racial Disparities, Inequity, Safety Net, Recession, Politics News

For communities of color, 'recovery' can be a vapid term. People of color consistently face rates of unemployment higher than what whites experience in the worst recessions.

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ObamaCare Is Not "a Good Start." They Are Blowing an Opportunity to fix Health care.

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

We need an extended, all-media national dialogue, not violent, partisan town hall meetings in response to a Plan devised behind closed doors.

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They Are Still Practicing Bad Medicine -- on Medicine (and Therefore on Us).

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Healthy Living News

Given a fundamentally flawed, unsupportable health care system, we need a new one rather than changing where some dollars flow and adding new dollars that we don't have in the first place.

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In Health Care, Complexity Costs and Kills. ObamaCare Will Increase Complexity: You Do the Math

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

Complexity is considered bad in most business activities because it reduces efficiency and therefore costs money. In health care it is worse.

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An Objective, Evidence-Based Opposition to ObamaCare

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Cpsia, Umra, Politics News

TennCare was a single payer approach that was tried in Tennessee in 1994. It nearly bankrupted the state, forced the governor to raise taxes, and ultimately required rationing care.

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A 3 Question Survey About Fixing Healthcare

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Adverse Medical Outcomes, ARRA 2009, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, 2009 Recession, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Federal Deficit, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

Do not accept the glowing rhetoric of the Bill's advocates or the equally passionate bombast of its opponents. Put aside your personal animus toward who is speaking for or against AAHCA.

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Dialogue on Healthcare: Your Comments, My Responses and Apologies

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Ealthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America?S Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Aahca, Politics News

Other countries are struggling with health care system problems as big as ours. I do not suggest that health care is insoluble.

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