Category Archives: Health Care and Related Issues

Between You and Your Doctor

I find it just wonderful that conservatives are still pulling out the “A government bureaucrat between you and your doctor” canard in their fight against health care reform. I guess I can see that argument working during the Clinton years, … Continue reading

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Health Care and Related Issues | 34 Comments

Quote of the Century

If you like the Post Office and the Department of Motor Vehicles and you think they’re run well, just wait till you see Medicare, Medicaid and health care done by the government. —Arthur Laffer Yeah, that would be really bad. … Continue reading

Posted in Health Care and Related Issues | 15 Comments

Health Care — Half a loaf now, or try again in 19.5 years?

Cartoon by Jen Sorenson. Ezra argues that we should grab half a loaf while we can: There are many themes in the sad and frustrating history of health-care reform. But one of the central ones is that there were many … Continue reading

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Bill O'Reilly Is Awesome At Math

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Health Care and Related Issues, Media criticism | 4 Comments

Don't You Call Me Pudgy, Portly, or Stout

By any measure, Dr. Regina Benjamin has had an enormous positive impact on our nation. The first African-American woman and first physician under 40 to serve on the AMA’s board of trustees, Benjamin is the CEO of Bayou La Batre … Continue reading

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Health Care and Related Issues, The Obama Administration | 24 Comments

Senator Mikulski confirms: The Empire does run our health care system

Yesterday I posted one of my recent cartoons, which suggested that a health care system like ours would be run by the evil Empire, from Star Wars. Today, Ezra Klein reports about a Senate health care hearing: Sen. Judd Gregg … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Health Care and Related Issues | 8 Comments

Star Wars Muppet Health Care Mashup Original Art being auctioned to help pay for a stranger's health care

Here’s my cartoon from this past April’s issue of Dollars and Sense. (Click on the cartoon to see a larger version.) To tell you the truth, I can’t draw Darth’s helmet to save my life. So I turned to the … Continue reading

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Genocide

This is genocide: CROW AGENCY, Mont. – Ta’Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. She complained constantly to her mother that her … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Health Care and Related Issues, Race, racism and related issues | 10 Comments

Here Comes Another Post About Mexico

Auguste is right — this really might be the dumbest cartoon ever in the history of the entire universe. And this is not just the universe where Chris Muir lives, but the one Bruce Tinsley lives in, too! I’m not … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Health Care and Related Issues, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, Latin America | 33 Comments

The Truth is Out There

The anti-choice activists have completely dispensed with reality, and have gone on to just making stuff up: The Obama administration’s actions to respond to the outbreak of swine flu, including its declaration of a public health emergency, smacks of an … Continue reading

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Health Care and Related Issues, Latin America | 13 Comments