Blaming gets you what you think you want right now, not what you really need or want long term. When something bad happens - terrorists blow up the T...
Beth Borzone | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home
July 27, 2008- Hempstead, NY - In the banquet hall of the Union Baptist Church in Hempstead, NY, a beautiful room decorated with pastel valances and p...
Deane Waldman | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
In his movie Sicko, Michael Moore dramatized the dysfunctions in our healthcare system. What it will take to cure Sicko? The first step, part of my ...
John Geyman | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
As the costs of health care surge ever higher, the financial barrier to care has clearly become the biggest impediment of all.
Deane Waldman | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home
When we are angry (which is often), we need to release our tension. Typically, we do so by blaming someone. This may be cathartic (usually it isn't) b...
Deane Waldman | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home
We have had this talk before but apparently lots of you missed class that day. If you review the post "The Future of Healthcare" as well as others pri...
Deane Waldman | Posted 06.18.2008 | Home
You go to a doctor complaining of headaches. She gives you morphine and sends you home pain-free (and high). Is she practicing good medicine? Ridicul...
Andrew L. Yarrow | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business
How did two proud symbols of American greatness from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries become emblematic of deep social and economic problems and the nation's slide from global pre-eminence?
Deane Waldman | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home
Two prior posts - "Who gains from billing?" and "Insurance companies = "scum of the earth?" - have finally gotten people to speak up. Many just vented...
Rep. Hilda L. Solis | Posted 05.10.2008 | Politics
This Mother's Day, we should all stop and think about those mothers who won't get their wish and recommit ourselves to achieving health equity.
Deane Waldman | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living
What do you think when you hear the word efficiency? Someone who is efficient uses time, money and resources wisely. He or she gets the job done with...
AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Millions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even disco...
New York Times | Andrew Pollack | Posted 12.26.2007 | Business
There is a new nuclear arms race under way -- in hospitals. Medical centers are rushing to turn nuclear particle accelerators, formerly used only for...
Jim Wallis | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
Every parent, no matter who they are and where they live, can easily have the kind of trauma over the health of a child that we had. And every parent should have the medical care that we got. It's just wrong if they don't.
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
Via ThinkProgress, in an interview with NewsMax, President Bush's brother Jeb...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI)...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
It started with the fist bump seen 'round the world. Soon...
A revolutionary device that can harness...
Deane Waldman | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living