I'll be in Hudson tomorrow morning. Should be lots of fun. Here are some questions I'd love to hear answered:One word answer, yes or no: Is health care a human right?Several of you mentioned the Massachusetts health care plan as a model to … [Read more...]
HillaryCare rehabilitated
Jonathan Cohn has a nice rehabilitation of the 1993 Clinton health care plan, noting that we're still dealing with the same old problems 12 years on, only worse: Costs, the uninsured, total lack of transparency, yadda yadda yadda.Look, I … [Read more...]
MA-05, Sco, Health Care and Casinos
Yesterday's LeftAhead was a good one, featuring Sco from .08 Acres and a Donkey, who's as in tune with the 5th District Race as anyone. He's on at the half-hour mark, but before then you get to hear my recounting of a crazy (literally) … [Read more...]
Health care: What’s inside the box?
Big hearing yesterday with the Connector Board, with a parade of special interests -- and general interests, i.e. jes' folks -- telling the Connector folks what they need from new health care plans. Health Care For All (here's their … [Read more...]
Today’s LeftAhead!
LeftAhead, the weekly podcast hosted by Lynne at Left in Lowell, Mike at MassMarrier and myself, aired tonight. Today's episode focused on health care, MA-05, the state convention and we even touched on ConCon. Pay special attention to some … [Read more...]
MA-05 Health Care Forum, June 2…Submit Questions!
The M&W Dems and BlogLeft Massachusetts (a loose coalition of MA lefty bloggers) are co-sponsoring a forum for the 5th District special election for the US House of Representatives, on the topic of health care, Saturday, June 2, from … [Read more...]
I’m not about Obama
Ugggggghhh ... It's really a shame, because Obama is plainly very charismatic and bright, but I really can't consider him seriously for the nomination at this point. He's just whiffing so badly and unseriously on the two issues I take most … [Read more...]
Deadbeat employers are putting the screws to their workers
The Globe's Alice Dembner continues her invaluable work in telling the story of the uninsured, and those affected by our new health care law:clipped from www.boston.comAs many as 30,000 low-wage workers face a Catch-22 that could leave them … [Read more...]
Morning quick hits
Son of vocally anti-war BU prof is killed in Iraq.That's a particularly exquisite agony: To know that train has been coming down the tracks for four years; to know the war was a mistake; to know that your son's heroism is being misused and … [Read more...]
Interview with Connector chief Jon Kingsdale
... by a quite skeptical observer, Matthew Holt of The Health Care Blog. Kingsdale does pretty well defending the plan, noting that 120,000 previously uninsured people are now getting quite good care, and talking about the new plans … [Read more...]
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