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Category Archives: Health Care and Related Issues

Computer Decides That The 4th Circuit Will Decide In Favor Of Individual Mandate

In other news, a computer’s random selection of judges — two Obama appointees and a Clinton appointee — has pretty much guaranteed that the 4th circuit court will say that the individual mandate is constitutional. (Our judiciary is now so … Continue reading

The Government’s Cruel War On Pain Medication

Several years ago, Mark Kleiman wrote a long, well-researched article on drug policy which was so overflowing with being sensible that it has no chance of being paid any attention to in legislative circles. Most of the article was focused … Continue reading

More Americans Are For Expanding Than Repealing Health Care Reform

A new poll by Kaiser and Harvard shows the problem the Republicans have: the only thing as unpopular as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be to repeal the Affordable Care Act. 28% of Americans want to expand the ACA; … Continue reading

Republicans Want To Take Insurance Away From Sick And Raise The Deficit $230 Billion

In the House today, Republicans are arguing for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. A few points: 1) The Republicans want to leave up to 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions without protection. According to the Department of Health … Continue reading

The Wyden-Brown Health Care Proposal: Will Conservative States Put Their Money Where Their Mouths Are?

Mid puff-piece about how Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Scott Brown are, like, totally this odd couple!, the Washington Post inadvertently discusses Wyden and Brown’s policy proposal for a single paragraph: In short, the legislation would allow states to opt … Continue reading

Nine-Minute Cartoon Explains The Affordable Care Act

And it does an impressively good job of it.

What Is Good Health Care When We’re Dying?

(Crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.”) In The New Yorker, Atul Gawande has an excellent article on how the American health care system treats dying patients. In 2008, the national Coping with Cancer project published a study showing that terminally … Continue reading