Category Archives: Health Care and Related Issues

Health care and non-compete agreements

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Guest Writer

[Written by Kay Olson, and crossposted from The Gimp Parade with Kay’s kind permission]. Two years ago this week I got caught up in a legal dispute that briefly threatened my life. Obviously, I’m still alive, but a version of … Continue reading →

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Pain Medication Comments That Annoy Me

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Ampersand

The Agitator is essential reading, one of the best political blogs anywhere. Still, Radley Balko sometimes uncritically parrots libertarian tropes. Government Evil! Liberals Stupid! For instance, today he posted this libertarian boilerplate: Alternet publishes article calling for government monitoring of … Continue reading →

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We Are The 99 Percent

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Myca

Hey, you busy? Not doing much? You feel like sobbing like a baby? Then read the We Are The 99 Percent tumblr. It’s just a collection of personal stories from people who have worked hard within this cruelly rigged system … … Continue reading →

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It’s Not My Business

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

It should come as no surprise — though it should shock anyone with any decency — that the Tea Party fanatics would applaud the idea of letting the uninsured die: ‘Let Him Die’: Tea Party Debate Audience Cheers This is … Continue reading →

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Dudley Clendinen on dying and on choosing not to extend his life

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Ampersand

Writer Dudley Clendinen is dying of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or “Lou” as he calls it. He’s written an excellent short essay about the experience of dying, and on his decision to not extend his life. Here’s a sample from his … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Ampersand

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 →

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Political Cartoon: Health Care and Freedom

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Ampersand

[spoiler]The scene: A woman in casual business wear addresses the reader directly. Panel one Woman: i’m TRAPPED in my job, because my kid is sick, and if i change jobs there goes my health insurance! Panel two Woman: i have … Continue reading →

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Are Leftist Solutions Solutions If They’re Not Politically Viable?

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Ampersand

In comments, I wrote: Barring some truly enormous increase in the amount of taxes Americans are willing to pay — the costs of medicare et al are going to increasingly crowd out other things that I think we should also … Continue reading →

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You can’t talk about the debt without talking about rising medical costs

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Ampersand

Via Andrew Sullivan, I read this article by Anne Lowrey trying to make the deficit understandable by putting it in terms of a household budget. For our purposes, let’s use $60,000 as the government’s income and $85,000 as its expenses. … Continue reading →

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The Individual Mandate And The Constitution

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Ampersand

In this week’s open threads — mostly this one, also a bit here — there’s been quite a bit of discussion of the Constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act. There are two senses in which … Continue reading →

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