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Who Would Jesus Insure? Tea Party Dispatch From San Francisco

Michael Krantz | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

I attended my local Tea Party the other day, and it clarified for me, well, nothing I didn't already know, or at least assume, or at least fear. The experience was, let us just say, disheartening.

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British Defend Their Healthcare System

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Nhs, Government Health Care, Daniel Hannan, National Health Service, Glenn Beck, Universal Health Care, Fox, Politics News

Where other British citizens saw gross lies, exaggerations, and frustrating half-truths, Graham Linehan saw a "golden opportunity to kickstart a campaign to redress the balance a little bit."

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English Healthcare in the US Reform Debate: Setting the Record Straight

Zack Cooper | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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.

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The Uninsured Are Not Just a Number

Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Obama, Physicians, Uninsured, Health Insurance, Insurance, Politics News

What is at stake is not whether people have the right to affordable health care, but whether people have the right to life.

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Healthcare: It's a You-and-Me World

Tabby Biddle | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Forum, American Health Care System, Remote Area Medical, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Los Angeles, Lynne Twist, Barack Obama, Politics News

Those who are opposing health care reform seem to think that if we provide services for the uninsured, that we will somehow be taking away from them.

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The Five Opponents of Health Care Reform

Steve Benen | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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

Across the country, untold thousands wait in seemingly-endless lines in the hopes of seeing a physician at a free clinic. And some of those thousands may very well be Republicans.

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Paying for Health Care Reform -- Part 2

Stephen M. Davidson | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Federal-Health-Insurance-System, Obama Health Care, Politics News

In my previous post, I suggested a simpler, more equitable, less expensive way to pay for health care reform. In this post, I discuss what would happen to the fund that would be created.

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Do We Need to Stay Sick Until Congress Saves Us?

Ellen Langer | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Health, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Healthcare, Health Action, Living News

As much as we need to reform the healthcare system, we really need what I call personal healthcare reform.

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In Health Care, Complexity Costs and Kills. ObamaCare Will Increase Complexity: You Do the Math

Deane Waldman | Posted 09.13.2009 | 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, 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

Complexity is considered bad in most business activities because it reduces efficiency and therefore costs money. In health care it is worse.

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Change We Can Believe In: Feelings Toward the Administration by Those Who Elected It

Drew Westen | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left, Big Pharma, Obama PhRMA, Economy, Mortgage Crisis, PhRMA Lobby, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Pharmaceutical Industry, Wall Street, Phrma, Health, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

The American people did not vote for "bipartisan" solutions that split the difference between the failed ideology of the last eight years and the change the president and the super-majorities they elected in both houses of Congress promised.

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Health-Care Reform: An Original And Simple Proposal

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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

Recently, when an old friend asked me if I had a simple solution for the medical insurance and access problems on the front pages of America's newspapers, I told him: "Yes, I do."

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Get to Know Your Angry Neighborhood Protesters! (SLIDESHOW)

Patrick Sauer | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Arlen Specter, Town Hall Debate, Anger, Rush Limbaugh, Nazis, Slidehuge, Health Care Reform, Glenn Beck, Universal Health Care, Adolf Hitler, Health Insurance, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Home News

I hate to make snap judgments based on snapshots, so I decided to hear what my fellow citizens had to say for themselves. I found that the pictures seen everywhere aren't worth 1,000 words.

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How to Fight Healthcare Fearmongers and Demagogues

Robert Reich | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Scare Tactics, Foreign Affairs, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Right Wing, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Advocacy, Politics News

Obama's health care problem is that the legislation is still in the works. It's always easier to stir up fear and anger against something that's amorphous than it is to stir up enthusiasm for it.

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St. Louis Teabag Protester Lies about Medical Coverage to Solicit "Donations"

Chris Savage | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, St. Louis, Kenneth Gladney, Unemployed, Unemployment, Universal Health Care, Donations, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Health Benefits, The Washington Independent, Politics News

Mr. Gladney was neither "laid off" nor without health insurance coverage. He lied in public about needing money for his bills and is now profiting off his lie.

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How the White House's Deal With Big Pharma Undermines Democracy

Robert Reich | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Obama PhRMA, Phrma, Health, Health Care Reform, PhRMA Lobby, Universal Health Care, White House Phrma, Obama Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

I'm a strong supporter of universal health insurance, and a fan of the Obama administration. But I'm appalled by the deal the White House has made with the pharmaceutical industry's lobbying arm to buy their support.

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Big Pharma has Lured Dems Into a Faustian Bargain

Merrill Goozner | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Obama Healthcare, Obama PhRMA, Lobbyists, PhRMA Lobby, Democrats, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Phrma, Health, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Reformers were naïve if they thought the world had changed simply because there were new tenants in the majority offices on the Hill or in the White House.

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"Louise" Always Wanted Healthcare Reform

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Harry and Louise, Harry and Louise Health Care Reform, Harry and Louise Ads, Socialized Medicine, Obama Healthcare Plan, Socialized-Healthcare, Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Media News

The new ads have a decidedly upbeat tone. In the first ad to be aired, Harry tells Louise: "Well, it looks we might finally get health care reform," to which Louise responds: "It's about time."

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The Healthcare Goldfish

David Vines | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Limbaugh Health Care, Rush Limbaugh, Politics, Health, Media, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Public Health Insurance Plan, Obama Healthcare, Health Insurance, Limbaugh-Health-Care, Private Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

Like keeping new goldfish in their bag, conservatives illogically terrified of change will need to get acclimated to the new healthcare system.

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Universal Health Care and a small village in Germany

Hal Donahue | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Germany, Military, Obamacare, United Kingdom, Health, Universal Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Politics News

European and other nations' healthcare is being attacked as a failure. This is not a misunderstanding; it is a lie.

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An Ordinary Man

Norman Horowitz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Industrial Complex, Socialized Medicine, Medical Malpractice, Canada Health Care, New York Subway, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Politics News

My primary connection to health care is my being a consumer of it, and nothing more. I will apologize at least once for having the temerity to suggest...

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What Schulberg Might Have Told Obama About Fighting

Bill Cunningham | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Budd Schulberg, President Obama, George Foreman, Rope-a-Dope, Winston Churchill, Meet the Press, Jack Newfield, Jon Meachum, Boxing, Health Reform, Newsweek, Obama Administration, Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care, Politics News

Organizations that can't touch Obama in the ring are moving to a crowding, brawling, Frasier-like approach to the debate.

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We'll Always Have Tara

Gerald Sindell | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Change, Progress, Health Care, Fear, Healthcare System, Civil War, The New Deal, League of Nations, Universal Health Care, Fear-of-Change, Obama Health Care, Status Quo, Politics News

When we finally do achieve health care restructuring, I hope that some of us will take a moment to look at that powerful human preference for the status quo over anything else.

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It's the People Who Got Small

Tom Sullivan | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Sara-Robinson, Frank Schaeffer, Glenn Beck, Health Care, Health, Socialized Medicine, Conservatives, Personal Health, Obama Administration, Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care, Politics News

When town hall protests begin attracting large numbers of foot soldiers youthful enough and fit enough to engage in organized violence, be afraid.

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Universal Health Care: Possible?

Burton L. Wise | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Universal Health Care, Politics News

It may be possible to cover the estimated 47-50 million people who are uninsured with a plan that provides basic health care, as has been established in the state of Oregon.

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