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Point 4: Americans Are Obese And Inert -- Resulting In Huge Health Care Costs

George Halvorson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia, Personal Health, Universal Healthcare, Weight, Kaiser Permanente, Obesity, Obama Health Care, Childhood Obesity, Overweight, Weight Control, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Alzheimer's, Causes of Dementia, Diabetes, Health Care, George Halvorson, Living News
George Halvorson

We will spend about 17.6 percent of our GDP on health care expenses this year in America, primarily because we are not healthy in some very key areas.

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Point 3: We Need an Orbitz for Health

George Halvorson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Coverage, Health Care Exchanges, Health Care Costs, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Kaiser Permanente, Halvorson, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Living News
George Halvorson

Consumers and patients in America need to be able to make health care choices in a data-rich environment with clear information about care outcomes, caregiver performance, effectiveness and price.

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Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Doyle, Gop, Social Justice, Communion, Catholic Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Lobbyists, Obama, American Catholics, Bishops, John Kerry, White House, Universal Health Care, Vatican, Health Care, Abortion, Church, Poverty, Public Option, Lobbying, Catholic, Democrats, House, Catholics, Religion, Senate, Catholic Church, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Health Bill, Anti-Choice, Republicans, Politics News

Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...

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It's Amazing What's Considered Radical These Days

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Fascism, Communism, Universal Health Care, Medicare, Socialism, Politics News
Aaron E. Carroll

The House passed health care reform on Saturday night. I can't believe it's been this hard. How far has the Right (and the Left) moved to the right? Bear with me as I take you into the past.

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Health Care Reform: Trying to Please Everyone and No One

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Harry Reid, Medicare, Public Option, Barack Obama, Howard Dean, Universal Health Care, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

You deserve a more articulate answer to the question: just what is the problem?

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Health Care: Why I Had My Second Baby in the UK

Helen I. Hwang | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Uk Health Care Services, Health Care Reform, Pregnancy, Universal Health Care, National Health Service, Health Care, Uk Health Care, Living News
Helen I. Hwang

I had my first baby under private health care in the U.S. and then my next one under socialized medicine in the U.K. The differences in the two systems are enlightening, to say the least.

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Point 2: Care is Inconsistent and Too Often Unsafe

George Halvorson | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health, Universal Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Health Reform, Obama Health Care, Politics News
George Halvorson

For today, we need to recognize that we spend more money in America on health care than any other country by a factor of two or three -- and we are not getting the consistent, high-quality care we should be getting for all the money we are spending

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Gayle's Death: Lovelace Insurance Profit #1067678-00

Susan L. Travis | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Thanksgiving, Politics News
Susan L. Travis

Somehow in our search for reasonable health care, my only sibling was caught in a vortex of "policies and procedures" designed to minimize costs and avoid accountability.

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I'm the Poster Child for Public Healthcare

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care System, Healthcare, American Health Care System, Politics News
Lara M. Gardner

I sincerely hope our legislators can get their act together and create a health plan that provides health care for every American so all of us can experience true and complete care, as I did.

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I Am Not Paying Higher Taxes to Help the Uninsured

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prisoners-Dilemma, Game Theory, Middle Class, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Single Payer Health Care, Obama Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Public Option, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

No social program -- Medicare, social security, rent control, public universities -- that aims to help the poor can ever succeed without appealing to, and paying off, a broad middle class.

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Stiletto Road

Robert E. Gordon | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Hospice, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Reconciliation, Open Letter, Lupus, Fanatic Within, Test of Character, Death, Fear and Hate, Fast Food Jesus, Living News
Robert E. Gordon

When I took ill in 1989, I discovered what so many others had discovered: that private insurance companies didn't like me any more. Here's what else I've learned since then, and my message to the President.

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News
Michael Moore

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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Cashing in the War Dividend: The Joys of Perpetual War

Jo Comerford | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Universal Health Care, Pentagon Budget, Health Care, Military Spending, Office of Management and Budget, Politics News
Jo Comerford

The tired peace dividend tug boat left the harbor two decades ago, dragging with it laughable hopes for universal health care and decent public education. Now, the mighty USS War Dividend is preparing to set sail.

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Point 1: Universal Coverage Is Needed To Reform Care

George Halvorson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Asthma, Universal Health Care, Diabetes, Kaiser Permanante, Medicare, George Halvorson, Health Care, Living News
George Halvorson

We can't fix care in America until we have universal coverage. We can't afford universal coverage if we don't fix care. They are a package. They both need to be done.

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Is the Denial of Health Insurance Claims a Violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment?

Paula B. Mays | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Erisa, Politics News
Paula B. Mays

Health insurance reform therefore, is not only needed, but in fact it may be required under the U.S. Constitution, according to the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

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Where Are All the democrats in Congress ? Little "d" Intended

Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Insurance Industry, Public Option, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Insurance & Pharmaceutical Lobbies, Preventive Medecine Socialism, Obesity, Democrats, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Vivien Lesnik Weisman

We live in a country where 400,000 people die every year not from a disease, but from what they eat -- and this is not considered relevant to health care reform?

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What Civilized Country Operates Like This?

Tom Sullivan | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harvard, Duke University Medical Center, Remote Area Medical, Kristof, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Keith Olbermann, T.R. Reid, Pre-Existing-Condition, Politics News
Tom Sullivan

What civilized country operates like this? In case God-and-country defenders of the status quo need reminding, America's for-profit health insurance system serves neither.

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An Open Letter to Senator Max Baucus : Save Your Health Care Bill With Simple Reform

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Paul Toffel

I've reviewed the current form of the your Senate Finance Committee bill, which is basically a good compromise, but has significant watered-down defects as it's about to go to vote.

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Uniquely American? Or Uniquely Bad?

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, American Exceptionalism, Senate Finance Committee, Politics News
Aaron E. Carroll

I don't want a "uniquely American" solution to health care reform. Give me almost any of the solutions in Europe. I'd even take some of the health care systems in Asia. Happily.

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Even After Boy's Death, States Say Children Are Not Getting Medicaid Dental Care

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kids, Children, Dental Care, Health Care, Gao, Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Deamonte Driver, Low Income, Poverty, Dentists, Public Option, Dentistry, Universal Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Two years after a 12-year-old Maryland boy died from an untreated tooth infection, low-income kids continue to face barriers to den...

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Will We Ever Hear the Message Instead of 'Shooting the Messenger?'

Deane Waldman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Healthcare, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, ARRA 2009, hr3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Politics News
Deane Waldman

We owe it to ourselves to consider Congressman Roe's Healthcare Reform Bill memo, as our important concern, without reference to our biases, should be the message itself, not the messenger.

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Inviting You to See Capitalism Today at a Theater Near You!

Michael Moore | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Teabaggers, Unemployment, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Financial Crisis, Universal Health Care, Capitalism: A Love Story, Foreclosure, Single Payer, Capitalism, Tea Party, Movies, Barack Obama, Entertainment News
Michael Moore

I've had enough. As far as I'm concerned, Tea Bag Nation ends today -- at noon to be precise. The days of the majority of Americans being ignored and played for chumps are over.

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Public Option is the Yellowstone of Health Care: So Where is President Roosevelt?

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Benjamin R. Barber

President Obama has allowed the term "public" in "public option" to be hijacked and perverted by greedy privateers for whom democracy is a dirty word and public a synonym for bureaucracy.

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Health Care's True Cost to Small Business

Andrew Ruben | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Small Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Social Entrepreunership, Entrepreneurship, Perverse Incentives, Business, Entrepreneur, Health Care, Business News
Andrew Ruben

Reversing the perverse incentives in the health care system -- a system which prevents small businesses from growing -- is integral to any economic recovery.

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Some Problems With the Partial Public Option

Howard Schweber | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obamacare, Baucus, Public Option, Health Insurance, Obama, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Howard Schweber

Right now, the partial-public-option-for-those-in-need model that Obama touted in his speech looks like it puts either middle and lower-middle-class people or small business owners in a vise. The only sure winners are still insurers.

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