Healthcare Reform

We all need to be systems thinkers. Many are, but not the bureaucrats and regulators in Washington and State capitals. You may call them systems Stink...

Some people object to this healthcare because they think it's socialized medicine. It's not. I know because I, like every other veteran who uses the V.A. Medical System, am treated under a socialized medical program.

Roll over, Newt Gingrich, and tell Ayn Rand the news: Sometimes capitalism can be improved when government and free enterprise work as partners. Entrepreneurs are understanding that.

On the Fourth of July, we health care workers request relief from the oppressive burden of government over-regulation. Without such relief, we cannot provide you with the care you need.

It is impossible to be in compliance both with HIPAA and the Patriot Act

Pragmatists are looking closely at the real-world political obstacles that have stymied health care reform in the past, and if progressives don't learn from past failures, we're doomed to repeat them again.

Finding cures is in and of itself an valuable, people-focused kind of health care reform -- because it can not only improve quality of life but save the costs that are burdening our system.

This is the story of of Lisa Kelly, an underinsured cancer patient. The hospital asked for $105,000 cash up-front before it would admit her.

Perhaps the single most important thing that the next president can do for schools has little to do with education, at least on its face. It's reforming health care.

It's long past time to wrench control of our health out of the hands of CIGNA and Blue Cross and return it to where it belongs, to the medical professionals in consultation with patients and their families.