I can't believe this is what we've come to: healthcare as a stocking stuffer.
Richard Belzer | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics
The overpaid, smug opinionated keepers of Wall Street's gates are, in their view, the only class of people who can explain the confusing riddle of the American economy.
Peter Smith | Posted 11.13.2007 | Business
This is the job market the Bush Economic Miracle has created. This is the future we are providing for Generation Screwed.
Donald Cohen | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics
American economic ideology today is dominated by those that profess almost fanatical belief in the unregulated "market" as the ultimate provider of all things good.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living
Who's going to be enticed by $1,000 insurance policy for accidentally dying or losing a limb?
Los Angeles Times | Lisa Girion | Posted 11.09.2007 | Business
One of the state's largest health insurers set goals and paid bonuses based in part on how many individual policyholders were dropped and how much mon...
Doug Bremner | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics
For the Republicans, getting sick has become equivalent to moral weakness or lack of patriotism. How messed up is that?
Glenn W. Smith | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics
The blackwatering of health care - putting the power in the hands of unaccountable, non-medical, private interests - has taken a deadly toll on our health and lives.
Doug Bremner | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics
I think that it is criminal that someone like Mitt Romney can sit there and say that we have universal healthcare because if you break your arm they are going to take you to the ER even if you don't have insurance.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics
Overall, a universal insurance mandate is bad public policy compared to universal single payer health care: It's a colossal waste of money.
Judi Jennings | Posted 10.30.2007 | Living
I urge all progressive leaders to claim the power of cultural organizing. Organize around core values, beliefs, and principles to end poverty, provide quality educations, ensure a free flow of information, and protect the environment.
Doug Bremner | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics
In spite of the fact that during the time of Bill Hillary was ready to take a hatchet to the insurance companies, now the insurance companies are falling over themselves to shower her with dollars.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics
It's been a busy week in Washington, providing lots and lots of fodder for this week's Friday Talking Points column. After being named last week's Mos...
Eric Haas | Posted 10.26.2007 | Home
Profit-maximizing insurance companies are bad economics. They make money by denying care, which is a terrible way to try to keep us healthy.
Dan Brown | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics
It's an ugly season in Washington when the keepers of power are actively working to deny heat and medical care to those in need.
Vito Grasso and Elizabeth Swain | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics
There's more to healthcare than just being able to pay for it. If someone can't find a doctor, what's the use of having coverage?
Dan Brown | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics
Oil costs are rising, and the Bush administration's response is to pull the plug on homes that can't afford the market-priced heat.
Glenn W. Smith | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics
George Bush doesn't want you to think about sick children. He wants you thinking about the fine print of health insurance policies.
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics
It's tough to make the "personal responsibility" argument when the economy isn't creating the kind of jobs that either provide or help pay for health insurance.
Karen Kisslinger | Posted 10.16.2007 | Living
I think people should be rewarded for making the effort to live healthy lives and being lucky enough, but also committed enough, to maximize health throughout life.
Ann Handley | Posted 10.11.2007 | Living
So here's what I wonder: Are Baby Boomers optimistic or delusional? Or maybe, are we optimistic to our own detriment?
Jenny Price | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics
Like many in CA, then, I've been watching with high hopes as the Democratic legislature and the Republican governor both try mightily to pass a health-care reform bill.
Howie Klein | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics
There are only 5 reactionary renegade Democrats who are supporting Bush instead of their constituents on S-CHIP. We don't think there should be any Democrats in that camp.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics
[Welcome back to the weekly Friday Democratic Talking Points column (I'm still looking for a snappier title, by the way). This week, I've decided to ...
Ryan J. Davis | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics
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Mary Kay Henry | Posted 11.15.2007 | Living