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Anti-Single Payer = Anti-Taxpayer

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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?

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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

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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.

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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

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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 […]