Tag Archives: Health Care
Saturday Links
Adult ADHD: Why so common (I’m looking at you, law school colleagues). On the Next Justice: Questions to ask, and what we shouldn’t bother asking. Can exercise be as effective as drugs in treating depression? Linda Greenhouse on the implications … Continue reading
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100-75=25
CNN poll shows that 25% of Americans want this health care bill to pass. In other words: 75% of Americans want the bill to fail. Turn up the ear piece Obama – because you are not listening to the American … Continue reading
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Breasts: Victims of Sexist Policy or Beneficiaries of New Research?
For decades doctors have urged women to get frequent mammograms starting in their forties. When it comes to breast cancer—the second deadliest cancer for women—doctors have always advised women that early detection saves. Today the U.S Preventive Services Task Force, … Continue reading
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Capps Amendment
The Government, Abortion and Your Tax Dollars Charmaine Yoest’s op-ed, “Tax Dollars Shouldn’t Fund Abortion” (op-ed, Oct. 14) blatantly misrepresents the amendment I offered to health reform legislation now before Congress. My amendment would maintain the status quo on federal … Continue reading
Aetna Cancer
My name is Kat, and I love Insurance law. I realize it’s unhip to buck the hue and cry trend over reform, but I keep thinking about reforming what we’ve already got, on a market level. The operative premises are: … Continue reading
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Swine Flu: Threat or Technique?
Who’s afraid of the swine flu? Since school started this fall every one of my professors has warned us of the swine flu procedures in place. Evidently health specialists predict that schools will close for weeks at a time as … Continue reading
KennedyCare
Lawmakers pushing to add the prefix “Kennedy” to the health care bill have grasped the late Senator’s passing as an opportunity to refresh flagging interest in the reform. What Congressmen think this means: “KennedyCare” advocates hope to capitalize on the Lion’s … Continue reading
Health and the Postal Service
In an attempt to quell the uproar claiming that public health care will drive private providers out of market, Obama said: [I]f the private insurance companies are providing a good bargain, and if the public option has to be self-sustaining … Continue reading
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Pelosi Whines of Health Care: I Can’t Hear the Discussion Over All This Dissent!
‘Un-American’ attacks can’t derail health care debate Americans have been waiting for nearly a century for quality, affordable health care. By Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer Great start. Why engage with your detractors when you can just levy an ad … Continue reading
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The Scarlet Letter is “R”
The White House blog makes a McCarthy-era request: There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there…These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of … Continue reading
(Asterisk from Last Post):
An aside from this post: *Let me just air this compaint now: I saw Bill Kristol on the Daily Show last week, and he completely ceded his argument against public health care when he stumbled on the military plan. Jon … Continue reading
