Private Health Care

When progressives are being called "socialists" no matter what, there is little to lose and much to gain by clearly making the case for a long-term plan that confronts -- and ultimately overcomes -- the centrality of corporate power.

While I will almost always advocate for a market based economic approach to allocating resources, health care is not an area where the profit motive should dominate decision making.

There have been a host of rumors about the English National Health Service, ranging from the benign to the outright asinine. All these rumors are false.

Granting doctors who follow such guidelines immunity from malpractice would go a long way toward meeting the nation's goals of minimizing healthcare costs while maximizing patient safety.

We have the power to help Obama in a big way if he truly wants to produce health care reform, because we understand the viral potential of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.