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Neither A Mathemetician Nor A Doctor Be
Here’s Mickey “Goatse” Kaus on rising healthcare costs: Ezra Klein warns that if nothing is done to control the cost of health care, in 20 years we’ll be spending 26.7% of our GDP on it. Is that all? I was thinking the figure would be much higher. … P.S.: I…
Slicing up this bill just means more bills
All I think really needs to be said about Obama’s speech last night is that I continue to be concerned that he’s sticking to the catastrophic-times-mean-catastrophic responses line. I mean, it’s true and it might be the only thing he’s got, so I can’t hold it against him, but it…
Pay For Me, Argentina
Although I’m sure that she’ll keep it up, I’m not sure that Dr. Helen’s plan of acting like a total dick is going to convince my generation that universal health care is a bad idea. At first, I balked at this plan (and it is not certain, of course, that…
Universal health care to economically empower women
Obama’s out there talking about what needs to happen to get the economy moving again—a giant public works project that would employ people and build infrastructure, as opposed to spending money to set it on fire, as we’re doing in the war in Iraq. I’ve seen concerns—though I apologize, I…
The problem with universal health care? It will work.
Via Sadly, No, I’m pleased to see that James Pethokoukis in US News & World Report is doing what conservatives generally won’t do with regards to opposing a universal health care plan—tell the truth. Well, sort of. I mean, the entire thing is laden in wingnut myths about how rich,…
Elected liberals, govern liberally
The pressure is already building to get Obama to govern from the center or even, god forbid, the center-right. We shouldn’t be surprised by this—fish gotta swim, and pundits gotta stall our country’s progress with hand-wringing. The Obama administration should not listen to these nags. All real evidence points to…
John McCain hates my family and wants us to starve
And no, I’m not actually exaggerating*. Frankly, I don’t know how I missed this story, because apparently it’s been around awhile. John McCain wants to tax your employer-provided health care benefits. He wants to replace those benefits with an insufficient tax credit–$2500 for individuals and $5000 for families (the average…
Looking beyond just getting every sick person to a doctor
Salon has a doctor writing about how even “socialized” health care is way too expensive because the emphasis is on “get sick, go to the doctor” instead of on prevention. Like pretty much all decent people outside of the U.S., he takes first world nations’ responsibility to see to the…
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