Category Archives: Health care

The Sickness of American Healthcare

Some key facts that have been omitted from the debate over Obamacare and healthcare generally, apparently by design.

The Medicare for All Act of 2017: The Policies

BernieCare vs .ConyersCare in #MedicareForAll implementations, how to handle displaced worker, how to talk about taxes.

The Medicare for All Act of 2017: The Politics

The politics of BernieCare: The co-sponsors, the coverage, the funding mechanism.

Who Is Behind FDA-Weakening Bill Based on False Premise That It Restricts Access to Experimental Drugs for the Terminally Ill?

A look at some of the forces out to undermine the FDA.

Nurses: Paul Krugman Gives ‘Shallow Political Advice’ On Health Care Reform

While the National Nurses Union back national health care, they are cautiously calling only for Medicare for All, not a more robust system.

Private Equity Flouts State Regulations by Buying Medical Practices

State regulators have ignored private equity firms buying medical practices when many states bar non-MDs from owing them.

Yes Men Target “Better Deal” #DNCTakeBack Scam

The DNC’s Better Deal scam is barely out of the box and the Yes Men are already making fun of it.

What the US “Health Care Reform” Debate Did Not Address

A sobering compendium of the factors responsible for the rot in the US health care system.

How Electronic Health Records Degrade Care and Endanger Patients

A deep dive by a practicing surgeon into how electronic health care records are bad for patients and doctors but good for administrators.

Healthcare Hypocrisy: How Politicians Hide Behind the 1986 EMTALA Law to Avoid Healthcare Reform

Is the emergency room mandate, EMTALA, responsible for lawmakers failing to devise reasonable legislation to fund health care?

Sleeping Monster: The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), Scheduling, and “Standstill” and “Ratchet” Clauses

How TiSA could prevent the delivery of possible universal concrete material benefits, like Medicare for All

Crossing National Public Radio (NPR) Off My List for Health Care Coverage

NPR helpfully consolidates a number of liberal Democrat health care myths and shibboleths at a single location.