Things To Ponder
Austin Frakt January 31, 2010
As I went to bed last night the following questions entered my mind. Which would be a greater commercial success, a book about the failure
As I went to bed last night the following questions entered my mind. Which would be a greater commercial success, a book about the failure
On the near completion of health reform, from Kevin Drum (the doubly indented bit is his quote from The Hill): Sen. Tom Harkin, the chairman
How to listen to politicians: the title sounds like the start of a joke. I’ll let you supply the punchline. Meanwhile, I’ll elaborate on a
This is not at all surprising. According to a recent Pew Research poll only 26% of Americans know how many votes it takes to pass
The following contribution of humor to Catharsis Week (which formally ends today) is a guest post by Jim Hufford, a lawyer in Atlanta and the
Get a load of this: Heathways SilverSneakers Fitness Program promotes fitness, fun and friends! Blue Shield of California announced today that it will expand its
I’ve been hyper-busy today and not able to keep up 100% with all the SOTU spin and interpretation. Nevertheless, at the risk of repeating something
Continuing Catharsis Week, my colleague Steve Pizer and I wrote a Kaiser Health News opinion column that appears today. In it we note the rare
This seems like a night for a more political discussion, and while I’m having that discussion, I’m not doing it here. Bottom line, no one
This post has been cited in the 4 February 2010 Health Wonk Review. From time to time someone approaches me and asserts that another, very
When the Democrats started the health care reform process a year ago, they held the White House, The House of Representatives by a 78 vote
There are good political and policy reasons for Congressional Democrats to pass the Senate Health Care Bill, hopefully with a reconciliation “sidecar,” but without one