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Experts Lock Horns Over Health Care Hot Topics

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Debate, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Seniors, Rationing, Media News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

NOW on PBS has created a new interactive forum called "Issue Clash" that features detailed arguments and rebuttals from eight qualified experts on four controversial topics, on which users can vote.

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Cost Effective Medical Care

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Dennis Gottfried

Physicians ration care daily based on the patient's type of insurance, on our office's ability to obtain preauthorization, on patient's demands, and on the patient's willingness to pay.

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New York Times' Insurance Industry Tearjerker Tries To Change The Subject From Industry Practices

David Dayen | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Public Option, Traditional Media, Rationing, Wellpoint, New York Times, Health Care, Humana, Astroturfing, Politics News
David Dayen

The New York Times published a very nice press release from the desk of Humana, one of the nation's largest health insurance companies.

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Health Insurance Exec Admits Her Industry Rations Care: "We Believe In Controlling Utilization"

David Sirota | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

Reality is right there in black and white for all to see.

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While Lobbyists Lament Rationing, Some Patients Want It

Francine Hardaway | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Rationing, Canadian Healthcare, Health Care Costs, Health Care, Elderly Americans, Politics News
Francine Hardaway

The rant about rationing is designed to make consumers feel that no one will be able to get in to see a doctor under a public plan and make efforts at real health care reform fail.

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A Second City Warning to Obama

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Second City, Uninsured, Underinsured, Chicago, Political Communication, Cost Control, Rationing, Health Care Reform, Political Satire, Obama Community Organizer, Morality, Obama, Universal Health Care, Republicans, Chicago News
Michael L. Millenson

The fact that Second City comics in the heart of Chicago are successfully playing to GOP-fueled fears of rationing should raise a bright red warning flag at the White House.

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NYT Condemns Anti-Rationing Health Care Arguments: "Not Substantive"

New York Times | David Leonhardt | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Rationing, Rationing, David Leonhardt, Health Care, New York Times, Health Care Reform, Healthcare, Anti-Rationing, Politics News

More to the point: Rationing! As in: Wait, are you talking about rationing medical care? Access to medical care is a fundamental right. And rationing...

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Ad Suggestion For Obama -- McCain AWOL On GI Bill

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It's time to fight fire with fire -- point out McCain's most embarassing votes, and paint him as an extremist or a party hack while doing so. Also paint him as anti-middle-class.

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