GOP Wants to Keep Abortions as a Perk for the Rich
2018-07-02 – I am not a fan of abortions. To me they represent a sub-optimal solution to a dreadful problem. This does not mean that I would ban them. But […]
Tag Archives: health care
Special Edition: What’s Awful in the GOP Health Care Bill
2017-05-04 – Well, they did it. They passed their anti-Obamacare bill. You better hope that the Senate stops this train wreck because here are some of the things that the […]
Here’s What Makes Obamacare Work
2017-01-17 – I saw an interesting health insurance proposal on Facebook that I think is worth talking about. Here’s a piece of it: “Perhaps the American people need to pool […]
Your Insurance Could Fail You at the Worst Moment If Obamacare Is Repealed
2017-01-19 – Yesterday I attended a rally to protest Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare (and other things). It was an overflow crowd at the Central SEIU Healthcare HQ in Chicago. […]
Can We Afford Single-Payer?
2016-02-11 – President Obama’s signature achievement is Obamacare. Republicans like to say that Obamacare is an unprecedented expansion of the federal government. Everything is unprecedented. But if Obamacare is what […]
HealthCare.gov is Very Extremely Average
2013-10-24 – Jon Stewart thinks it’s a scandal that only 10% of the people who went to HealthCare.gov completed the process (i.e., bought health insurance—at approx. 02:40 of this video). […]
Privatizing Defense
2012-10—08 – After listening to Mitt Romney’s arguments about health care in last week’s debate, I’m finally convinced that free and open markets have brought America two things: (1) the […]
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