What worries me most about the article linked in that last post is the response of the AHIP.
A curt “no”?
Without some form of push back on private insurers, be it vigorous competition, regulation, or DEcreased tort reform (yes), and placing them back in the arena of antitrust regulation, they are going to continue to be [...]
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The Golden Rule
Posted in Politics, health care on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That’s what I said
Posted in Politics on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I should totally be wise old Grandma Czar.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_public_plan
Research Supremacy Myth Part Deux
Posted in Politics, research on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before I can begin to explain what I mean by the fable that is our excellence in research, I have to share an anecdote.
A family friend who happens to be fantastic at helping people see the bigger picture (literally, it turns out) once shared with me the following:
He used to have this big picture on [...]
A Dog In The Hunt
Posted in Politics on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t understand the obstructionist tactics being used in this health care debate.
If there is no other fact that we can all agree on, this one must be understood: uninsured patients cost everyone else.
Only by insuring everyone, can we hope to stabilize our health care system, and avoid paying for someone else’s care. If they [...]
Pick Any Two
Posted in Politics, health care on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tom Bodenheimer caught the managed care dilemna neatly: “cost, quality, access — pick any two”. It was a sign he saw hanging on a wall in a West coast Medicaid HMO.
The Piper will be paid
Posted in Politics, health care on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I find the quandary Baucus is now in to be more than a little ironic.
He seemed so confident in his monumental success as he attempted to serve up a load of tripe to the American public all the while shilling for the insurance industry under the guise of working hard for John Q.
He must now [...]
Fighting politics as usual
Posted in Politics, health care on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this article, and couldn’t help but wonder, if the discussion were purely one based on realities, and not lobbying or political pandering, where insurance reform movement would stand right now.
It is interesting to me, the ebb and flow of political opinion from outsiders, insiders, and former insiders.
I really want to believe our elected [...]
The research supremacy myth
Posted in Politics, health care, research on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the reasons cited for clinging to a bloated, dying, inefficient system of health care delivery, is the idea we lead the world in innovation.
Well, there’s something to that, we Americans have churned out an impressive stream of life-changing innovations in our time.
Medicine and pharmacology is not our greatest strength.
As much as we might [...]
Why should I pay?
Posted in Politics, health care on October 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m often asked by conservatives why they should pay for someone else’s health care.
It’s a valid question. I certainly am no believer in free lunch. Let me see if I can explain.
The most important issue to understand is, if you have health insurance, see a doctor, pay taxes, or work, you’re already paying for someone [...]
Putting the “life” in pro-life
Posted in Politics, health care on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One issue that has me completely confused, is the seeming overlap between people who would identify themselves as conservatives, most of whom seem to be pro-life, and yet seem to be anti-health care reform.
I wish I could find it now, but a prior linksurfing trip wound me up at some piece along the lines of; [...]
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