Who thought the Blue Cross severance/bonus package was a good idea? Ask one of these people. . .after all they thought it was fine:George R. Alcott IIIPresident, Local 1301, Communications Workers of AmericaBraintree, MABrian M. … [Read more...]
An Informative Article on Health Care
On a tip from Paul Krugman, I read Creative Destruction by Jon Cohn, which carefully considers the best case against universal healthcare, which is that when the government mandates universal coverage, there won't be enough profit-motive … [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Grading the candidates: the MA-05 debate part three: Entitlement programs
Braude="Alan Greenspan, former head of the Fed, wrote his book in the tub, he says. And that one of the main points he made, is that Medicare, in the age of the babyboomers, is the real budget buster, saying we'll have to cut big time … [Read more...]
Terminator in pursuit of Deval on healthcare
It looks like the Terminator is in hot pursuit of Deval. Important health care reform ? if it goes through without too much perversion ? is brewing in California. Should be interesting to see how closely the CA plan mirrors the MA … [Read more...]
The State Church Movement
In the US, those prominently abusing this tenet are the fundamental Christianist evangelicals and the conservative factions of the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Churches.They have inserted their particular sect practices and beliefs in our … [Read more...]
Trend Worth Noting
The Pew Center's recent report on trends in public opinion takes a hammer to long-held ideas in the conventional wisdom. Not only are the ranks of Democratic voters growing but also the public wants a greater role for government in … [Read more...]
Why would a blog suddenly activate a “comment moderation” feature and block serious comments?
Discouraging to say the least; troublesome and then some if censorship of serious discussion of MA health reform is the reason.Over many months posting at the HCFA "Healthy Blog" I've never had a comment blocked or seen this: "Please note: … [Read more...]
Action Alert – Save Your Town Money on Healthcare
(cross-posted on Left in Lowell) As political junkies statewide are aware, cities and towns have been struggling for funds since local aid cuts in 2002 at the same time as our healthcare and pension obligations began … [Read more...]
Health Care Folks: Shame on You!
The health care lobby has tried to pin that on gay people - as if WE'RE to blame for this whole mess. I'll note that when this bill died - months and months ago - it came up for a vote before gay marriage. If it died then, before gay … [Read more...]
I wonder…
All this talk about how much profit the pharma's should be allowed to make, etc. etc. has been really bugging me lately. It just doesn't seem consistent with a free country for [the government/liberals] to decide how much money either … [Read more...]
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