I was in New Jersey this past weekend, and I heard a very animated conversation between two NJ Transit workers about Sicko: "So Hillary takes the money -- Can you believe that??" And apparently, that's happening in other equally unlikely … [Read more...]
Inoculate yourself to health care stupidity
Yeah yeah, I'll get to the budget. Here's more health care fun from the fabulous Tom Tomorrow:<a href="http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/07/02/tomo/index.html"Read the rest @ Salon.Thanks to KBusch. … [Read more...]
Sicko: Don’t miss the point
So, I saw Sicko last night. It's damn good. Go see it.And yes, I've heard some in the media calling Michael Moore on some incomplete story-telling, and heard Moore being defensive about it. But in getting into this particular pissing match, … [Read more...]
Jamie Eldridge Hosting Showing of SiCKO in Lowell
My husband and I went to see it last night. The movie has a very convincing premise: our health care is broken, and it's because of the for-profit system we are mired in...the only industrialized nation in the world with such a system. It … [Read more...]
Polling on MA health care law: Strong support … for what?
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation (now headed by outgoing Senator Jarrett Barrios) came out with the results of a big poll on the new health care law yesterday. Take a look at the results -- nice charts on this pdf.The critical finding … [Read more...]
Doctors vs. Health
Beth Israel CEO Paul Levy expresses amazement at this, as do I: Some doctors' groups want their umbrella organization to challenge the existence of retail clinics at places like pharmacies:"The American Medical Association should call for a … [Read more...]
What is single payer health care?
I decided that the best way to learn about Paul Tsongas view on health insurance was to research by going to the library and reviewing the Lowell Sun and Boston Globe. In an interesting article from 1993, I found what I was … [Read more...]
Health care forum at Take Back America
I'm going to give this its own thread. The panel includes MD Congressional candidate Donna Edwards, CT-Sen candidate Ned Lamont, health care advocate Diane Archer, and CAF co-founder Roger Hickey. Considering how many other sessions are … [Read more...]
Cutting prevention = more disease = higher costs = more dead people
Is that hard to understand?HOLYOKE -- A program that has improved the health of low-income patients with chronic illnesses faces deep funding cuts in the pending state budget, even though top state officials touted similar disease … [Read more...]
Post-marriage vote backblog
Head still buzzing from yesterday's events. Some other stuff to keep an eye on:Continuing his barnstorming of the blogs, Sen. Kerry talks about the energy bill at Grist:The energy bill, as it stands, is not nearly strong enough, so there … [Read more...]
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