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John Green (the guy in those history videos I link to most Sundays) has the clearest and most succinct and accurate explanation of high health care costs in the U.S. The short answer is that there are a combination of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Health and healthcare
An article by Alyene Senger on the Heritage Foundation website has a headline, prominent chart, and final paragraph that are all misleading on the cost of the Affordable Care Act. The chart gives the impression that the Congressional Budget Office … Continue reading
I just read an interesting article in the September issue of The Progressive magazine on a subject I’ve been curious about, namely, health insurance in the Netherlands. It’s interesting because the Dutch system is based on private health insurance and … Continue reading
Members of Congress and other civilian federal employees can choose from a set of private health insurance offerings negotiated by the Office of Personnel Management. One little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) instructs the same Office of Personnel … Continue reading
If you haven’t heard about this yet, you should: During his debate with challenger Tammy Duckworth back on October 18, Representative Joe Walsh (R-Illinois) indicated that he favored criminalizing abortion in all circumstances, and there was no need for an … Continue reading
Time magazine reports that a study of more than 9,000 women, conducted over a three year period at the Washington University School of Medicine and published October 4 in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, found that when they were provided … Continue reading
Talking Points Memo has an interesting article by Brian Beutler on the question of whether people in the U.S. die from lack of health insurance. In brief, most research into the question says yes, but some studies have concluded otherwise. … Continue reading
A month ago I posted a link to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s pop quiz about the Affordable Care Act, popularly called “Obamacare.” If you haven’t taken it yet I suggest giving it a try. It won’t take you long since … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert reacts to the news that providing health insurance to its employees may force Papa John’s Pizza to raise its prices in 2014 by as much as 14 cents. “Fourteen cents!” exclaimed Colbert. “Fourteen cents! That’s three times the … Continue reading
I recommend this quick and interesting pop quiz on the Affordable Care Act, the new health care reform law often called “Obamacare.” There are only 10 questions, all True/False, and they have to do with major features of the law … Continue reading