The H1N1 Vaccine Shortage: A Failure of For-Profit Health Care

As the Senate prepares to take up the issue of health care reform, the Republican Party is gearing up for a fight to the finish, a fight to defeat any attempt at improving our health care system.  It is a desperate struggle the Republicans are waging, desperate because it is about money – lots of [...]

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Forget the Public Option, How About a Private Option?

As the health care reform legislation wends its way through Congress, it appears that some sort of Public Option may be included in the bill.  The latest talk is that it will only be available to those who have no health insurance. If you already have health insurance through your employer you won’t be able [...]

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Health Care Reform – Are the Wheels Coming Off?

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the American people so fired up – at least a significant portion anyway.  The town hall meetings that are being conducted are being invaded by coordinated groups of Republican protesters who clearly, desperately, believe that health care reform will bring about the destruction of the American way [...]

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The Problem with President Obama’s Health Plan

The fundamental problem with the President’s health insurance plan is that it is an insurance plan. So what’s wrong with that?  Shouldn’t everyone be insured?  Maybe, maybe not. Everyone should be able to get their medical needs attended to in a way that they can afford, but that doesn’t necessarily equate to giving everyone an [...]

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