To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Anti-Single Payer = Anti-Taxpayer
BY FRANK P. BELCASTRO
A clear replacement of the private health insurance companies with federal insurance, as Medicare for the elderly did in 1965, allows...
How Many Will Die?
BY KAREN WEBB
On Hugh Hewitt’s program, Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe said: "I just hope the president keeps talking about it, keeps trying to rush...
Fiddlin’ While Health Care Burns
BY CECIL ACUFF
All advanced, wealthy countries have health systems more egalitarian and cost-effective than the U.S., although each has its quirks. Morally speaking, the...
Help Wanted. Not.
BY SUSAN ESTRICH I got my first job when I was 15. Before that, I baby-sat, did piece work for a leather company that didn’t care how old you were and worked at a dusty day camp. The Pewter Pot Muffin Shop in Salem, MA, was a major step up: 99 cents an hour plus […]
The Good, Bad, Ugly Of Health Reform
BY FROMA HARROP It’s high noon on health care reform. Time to identify the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Let’s start with the Bad: Obama’s passive leadership. The president didn’t want to come down from the mount with stone tablets detailing what reform would look like. That’s what Hillary Clinton did 16 years ago […]