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The Modesty of Hope

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, American Exceptionalism, Public Option, President Obama, Congress, Health Insurance, American Dream, Insurance Companies, Single Payer, Sarah Palin, Socialized Medicine, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Medicare, Medical Costs, Cable News, Public Health Care Option, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care, Inequality, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

Since the dawn of the Industrial Age, and even before, there has been a deep strain of exceptionalism in the American character.

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Reform With and Without a Public Option

Stephen M. Davidson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, The Public Option, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Politics News
Stephen M. Davidson

It is important to understand what we will get -- and won't get -- if a bill passes without a public option.

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Health Care: What Ever Happened to Personal Responsibility?

James Arthur Ray | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Anti-Aging, Health, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Living News
James Arthur Ray

Banks and automotive companies that ran their businesses irresponsibly were bailed out with little accountability. I don't know about you, but if I make poor financial decisions in my personal life or business, I've never found anyone (much less the government) ready to bail me out.

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The Current Reforms Need People, Not Money

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Right Wing Radio, Joe the Nerd, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Health Care Reform, Joe Ferraro, Michael Smerconish, Joe the Nerd Ferraro, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Barack Obama, Michael Smerconish Obama Interview, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

If you want healthcare you may have to take grief from the party-insiders in the area. Tough noogies. Guess what -- the Congresspeople need political cover to get this done. Make their knees stronger.

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They Are Still Practicing Bad Medicine -- on Medicine (and Therefore on Us).

Deane Waldman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Living News
Deane Waldman

Given a fundamentally flawed, unsupportable health care system, we need a new one rather than changing where some dollars flow and adding new dollars that we don't have in the first place.

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ObamaCare Is Not "a Good Start." They Are Blowing an Opportunity to fix Health care.

Deane Waldman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News
Deane Waldman

We need an extended, all-media national dialogue, not violent, partisan town hall meetings in response to a Plan devised behind closed doors.

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Health Reform: Throwing Good Money After the Bad

Marcia Angell, M.D. | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Marcia Angell, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Dr. Marcia Angell, Barack Obama, Massachusetts Health Care, Massachusetts Health Reform, Health Care Reform, Massachusetts Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Medicare, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Marcia Angell, M.D.

It's not just the right-wing crazies who oppose health reform. In addition, there are many sane Americans who worry about committing a trillion dollars to it. They have a point.

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Making Sense of Health Care Reform

Dr. Ralph Snyderman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Physician-Reimbursement, Chronic Disease, Prevention, Universal Health Care, Medicare, Medicaid, System Integration, Health Care, Medicine, Healthcare Reform, Living News
Dr. Ralph Snyderman

Getting health care reform right requires a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of how health care is delivered today and how to make it better. This understanding starts with a real story about James.

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Health Care Reform 101

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Health, Health Care Reform, Bernie Sanders, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

At town hall meetings I've hosted in Vermont we proved something that makes us proud. We live in a state where people can have different points of view, but can listen to each other and treat each other with respect.

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An Open Letter to Warren Buffett on Health Care: We Need You!

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: University of Chicago Medical Center, Dr. Paul Toffel, Usc, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Health Insurance Industry, Insurance Industry, Politics News, Universal Health Care, National Debt, Health Care, Geico, Warren Buffett, Los Angeles Times, Health Care Reform, University of Chicago, Health Action, Keck School of Medicine, Paul Toffel, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

Mr. Buffett, you're not in the health insurance market, but this might be the opportunity to bring your successful Berkshire companies to the table, to help solve the major issue of our time.

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Britain's National Health Service and the "Appreciation of Life"

Ann Leary | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: English National Health Service, Denis Leary, England, English Nhs, Ann Leary, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, British NHS, Living News
Ann Leary

In 1990, my family became uninvited guests of the British National Health Service. It wasn't our plan. My husband, Denis Leary, and I were young, broke and I was 6 months pregnant.

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The Dog Days of August

Neil McCarthy | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Clinton Health Care Plan, Public Option, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Politics News
Neil McCarthy

In this potential summer of his discontent, Obama is running into the same buzz saw that killed health care reform in the last Democratic Administration.

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Health Care Reform Must Include a National Surgical Device Registry to Protect Patients

Bruce Moskowitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Congress, Obama Health Care, Public Option, Politics News
Bruce Moskowitz

The average person walking around with an implanted device has no idea who makes it and manufacturers have no idea who is using their products.

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The Real Secret to Controlling Health Care Costs

Mitchell Kapor | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News
Mitchell Kapor

Information technology can play a crucial role in reversing the escalation of health care costs.

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LBJ Created Canada's Superior Health Care System

Diane Francis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Oecd, World Health Organization, Health, Health Care Reform, Canada, Universal Health Care, Republicans, Lyndon Johnson, Health Care, Barack Obama, Business News
Diane Francis

Now that the Americans appear to have blown another chance to fix their health care system, it's time for Canadian physicians and others to ratchet up the industry offering selective services to Americans.

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Why Bad Healthcare Policy Makes For Bad Politics, Too

Daniel Denvir | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Obama Healthcare, Teabagging, Stephen Hawking, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Barack Obama Health Care, Universal Health Care, Single Payer Healthcare, Obama Health Care, Obama Public Option, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Daniel Denvir

We should be willing to compromise, but the absence of a public option would be pure capitulation.

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Health Care Reform: Let's Face the Truth pt. 1 & 2

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Industry Lobbyists, Health Care, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

I'm going to say a few things about health care reform that may, I hope, influence the nature of the debate that's going on. But more important, that may influence you into taking care of yourself

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Health Care: I Hate Everyone, Part 1 in a Series

Nato Green | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Mental Health, Nazis, John Kerry, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Right Wing, Adolf Hitler, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Politics News
Nato Green

The anti-health care stormtroopers demonstrate that you can get a long way with no argument if you sell it. It seems like the Town Hallers are all seeking revenge on an uninsured ex.

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White House Protects Blue Dogs and Bullies Progressives

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Progressives, New York Times, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

The most obvious explanation for why President Obama shields the Blue Dogs and bullies Progressives is that conservative Democrats (like Republicans) represent the interests of Big Business.

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How Tough is Our President?

Robert Reich | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Supporters, Health, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics News
Robert Reich

The widening gap between admiration for Obama and cynicism about his policies reinforces passivity in his base, which makes it even harder to advance a specific agenda like health care.

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Healthcare Reformers: Dance With The Ones Who Brung Ya

Christine Pelosi | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Delay, Too Big to Fail, Universal Healthcare, Democrats, Legislation, Wellness, Universal Health Coverage, Insurance, Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Transformers, Universal Health Care, Dance, Medicare, Health Coverage, Dancing With the Stars, Healthcare Reform, Pre-Existing-Condition, Health Care, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

While the dance of legislation can be painful to watch, I still like the Democrats' chances for healthcare reform better than Tom DeLay's on Dancing with the Stars.

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The Dangerous Joining of the Far Right and Far Left

Lanny Davis | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Liberal Blogosphere, Blogosphere, Town Hall Debate, Healthcare System, Demonization, Democratic-Party-Ideological-Divide, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Town Hall Meetings, Extreme Right Wing, Ideological-Divide, Healthcare, Politics News
Lanny Davis

When the far left and the far right join in the Politics of Hate and Demonization, it is time for the vast center-left and center-right of this country to speak up and call them out equally.

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Dear President Obama: A Modest Medicare Proposal

Thom Hartmann | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medicare, President Obama, Town Hall Debate, Obama Healthcare, Dick Armey, Healthcare System, Blue Cross, Medicare for All, Reagan Tax Cuts, Chuck Grassley, Medicare Bill, Sarah Palin, Max Baucus, Aarp, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Newt Gingrich, Town Hall Meetings, Healthcare, Politics News
Thom Hartmann

Most of us will do damn near anything to get out from under the thumbs of the multi-millionaire CEOs who are running our current insurance programs. Sign me up!

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U.S. and Health Care: The Madoff of Nations

Diane Francis | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Media, Republicans, Wall Street, Madoff, Health Care, Universal Healthcare, Business News
Diane Francis

Health care reform is like the Madoff scandal -- there's plenty of evidence that something is wrong, and certainly smelly, but nobody's prepared to do anything much about it.

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Health-Care Reform: Common Sense Proposals Lawmakers Should Consider

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Paul Toffel, Usc, Mayo Clinic, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Health Insurance Industry, Insurance Industry, Politics News, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Geico, Public Option, Los Angeles Times, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Health Action, Keck School of Medicine, Paul Toffel, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

My plan is to mandate that the 159 urban medical schools in the U.S. -- remembering that "school" is in their name -- be required to serve the population within their shadows.

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