Health Care

There Is No Health Insurance Marketplace

Nov 17th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: Health Care

Caught on Hannity while zooming through traffic before I could switch stations in disgust: a woman, self-professed god-fearing ordinary mom tells Sean how frightened she is if Health Insurance Reform goes through, citing random (obviously planted) statistics on how many jobs will be destroyed by Obama-care.
She’s earnest, folksy, even compelling in her worry about pushing [...]



What Rachel Said

Aug 16th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: Health Care

This quote from Maddow (via, Rachel was on MTP) is not going to win her lots of allies at the White House:
But ultimately, if the president decides that he’s going to go with a reform effort that doesn’t include a public option, what he will have done is spent a ton of political capital, riled [...]



Another Medicare Recipient Against Gov. Healthcare

Aug 9th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: Health Care

This is just getting weird.

Roger Fakes, 70, said he sat quitely during most of the meeting, but Cohen’s insistence that citizens would be able to keep their private health care drove him to his feet.
He argued that changes to private insurance would force citizens into the government plan.
‘There are some of us old gray-haired folks [...]



Village of the Damned If You Do…

Jul 22nd, 2009 | By shep | Category: Health Care

Digby points us to the Village marching orders given by “Village Magus” Charlie Cook:
While the Obama White House has always said compromise would be necessary, the cold realities of the state of the economy, budgets and deficits, and, for members of Congress, re-election are going to force a significant scaling down of the health and [...]



Can Anyone Answer This Simple Question?

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Health Care

Obama frames the debate on the public option for health care.



Public Option Will Complement, Not Compete

Jun 19th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: Health Care

Do we want insurance or medical treatment for what ails us?  Insurance is only a means to an end.  Health care is what we want.
As the debacle of AIG, the world’s largest insurance company (until last fall), so graphically illustrated — insurance companies are big evil blood-sucking vampires.
No, really. I’m sure I saw that somewhere.  [...]



Health Care: Who Gets to Decide If Grandpa Lives or Dies? (Part Deux)

May 5th, 2008 | By Ara | Category: Health Care, Politics


Health Care: Who Gets to Decide If Grandpa Lives or Dies?

Apr 23rd, 2008 | By Ara | Category: Health Care


On Elizabeth Edwards and Health Care Mandates

Apr 10th, 2008 | By Ara | Category: 2008 Presidential Election, Democrats, Health Care


Are You in the Detroit/Ann Arbor Area TomorrowToday?

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Ara | Category: About Me, Film, Health + Wellness, Health Care, Politics, Science, Technology, Video