This is an introduction to the various players on the MA health care scene. Note the two-pronged strategy by the coalition of groups led by Health Care for All: Legislation on one hand, ballot initiative on the other.Health Care for All … [Read more...]
“Uninsured in America”: Sacrificing the body
Wes of Walk in Brain is doing a book club of the blogs this week on "Uninsured in America: by Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle. I thought I'd chime in with some thoughts on this powerful and painful book.This book presents … [Read more...]
Reading list for health care week
This is something of a repeat of an earlier post, but in light of Health Care Week on the Blogs, it's timely. This is a brief list of things I've been reading about health care in the last year:Uninsured in America, by Rushika Fernandopulle … [Read more...]
“Throwing a bomb on the table”
A post in which I take the side of the Romney administration...? Would-be gubernatorial candidate and Swampscott selectman Charlie Baker threw down with some Romney aides the other day at a business roundtable, taking them to task for their … [Read more...]
Quick! Learn about the uninsured!
Well, this is very late notice, but here's an important event, listed @ Health Care for All's blog:You (yes, you!) are invited to a reception and conversation with SusanStarr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle, the authors [of Uninsured in … [Read more...]
Nihilism
Tim Russert had an interesting guest on Meet the Press yesterday: John M. Barry, the author of ''Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America." Here's a Globe article about him.The fascinating thing about … [Read more...]
Know thy strategy
In his post on AG Tom Reilly's decision to certify the anti-marriage ballot initiative, David mentioned a website, KnowThyNeighbor.org, whose purpose is to "out" those who would sign the ballot petition. David seems pretty … [Read more...]
A nightmare on the dream job
Did you ever have one of those bad dreams, where you show up to an exam, but you haven't taken the class and haven't studied? Or -- I have this one -- where you're on stage but don't know the play or the lines?link:Brown's biography on the … [Read more...]
You gotta have ARKS
OK, so the refugees (yes, they're seeking refuge) are only showing up in Cape Cod in small numbers. But there are still a lot of people who have lost their homes in LA/MS, and coming to New England. This is the Katrina Diaspora, and these … [Read more...]
Winter of our discontent
Heating prices will be nuts. It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that. Many people can drive a little less, but there's only so far you can turn the heat down.The Energy Information Administration said on WednesdayAmericans who warm their … [Read more...]
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