JANUARY 27, 2012 11:37AM
By Rebecca Morean
Topics: parenting, child care, rabies, medical care, medicine, humor, health care, animals, open call
MARCH 14, 2010 1:36PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: uninsured, upsetting, horrifying, tragedy, shame, shocking, travesty, uninsurable, pre-existing cancer, pre-existing condition, previously insured, was paid up, had been insured, lacking insurance, not insured, no longer insured, recently, suddenly, now, death spiral, medical care, health care, health insurance, medical insurance, insurance, medical, health, politics
NOVEMBER 8, 2009 2:46PM
Topics: politics, health, health care, health insurance, medical, medical care, medical insurance, abortion, public option, exclusion, excluded, first amendment, court challenge, challenge, bill of rights, constitution
FEBRUARY 10, 2010 12:13PM
Topics: politics, medical, medicine, medical care, health, health care, cost, costs, rate, rates, profit, profits, premium, premiums, fee, fees, anthem, blue cross, anthem blue cross, wellpoint, ceo, salary, excessive, 39%, 39 percent, thirty-nine percent, $2.7 billion, quarter, quarterly, earning, earnings, non-profit, fairness, justice, incentives, theft, because we can, because they can, inflation, barack, obama, barack obama, president, president obama, sebelius, katherine sebelius, secretary, health and human services, hhs, letter, inquiry, correspondence, predatory, profiteering
NOVEMBER 2, 2010 11:33PM
Topics: part of the solution, part of the problem, hurry up, fixed yet, fixed, fix, unhappiness, happiness, jobs, obamacare, medical care, consumer health care, enslavement, enslaved, minority party, majority party, american people, we the people, cheering, happy, unhappy, spoke, speech, acceptance, elected, filibuster, party of no, solstice, hourglass, debt, deficit, fiscal responsibility, libertarian, rand paul, politics
AUGUST 22, 2009 4:43PM
Topics: incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, unseen hand, eligibility, existing condition, pre-existing condition, exclusion, exclude, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, health care, health, medical care, medicine, irresolvable, conflicting, unhelpful, hypocrite, hypocrisy, overconstrained, paradoxical, paradox, conundrum, impossible bind, double bind, catch-22, politics
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 1:49AM
By Kathy Riordan
Topics: that pesky squirrel, crasher squirrel, social media, youtube, shoq, healthcare crisis, united states, universal healthcare, single payer, insurance, medical care, medicine, healthcare, canadians, canada
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 9:06AM
Topics: motivation, libertarian, constitutional amendment, term limits, private coverage, additional coverage, coverage, responsibility, catastrophe, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government, regulation, society, universal care, universal, lobbying, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, capitalism, capitalist, socialism, socialist, single payer, same boat, afflict the comfortable, every man for himself, one for all, all for one, equality, health insurance, medical insurance, health care, medical care, care, medical, medicine, politics
OCTOBER 13, 2009 3:35PM
By Hells Bells
Topics: gatekeeping health care services, health insurance, medical issues, brain tumor, medical care, teaching hospital, medical diagnosis and treatment, personal experience, second-tier medical treatment, frankly i'm scared
AUGUST 26, 2009 9:37AM
Topics: actuarial, insured, insure, catastrophic, catastrophe, incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, tom coburn, coburn, meet the press, religious, religion, personal responsibility, responsibility, medical savings account, medical savings, savings, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, r&d, research, technology, science, health care, health, medical care, medicine, politics, kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 8:05AM
Topics: voluntarily, voluntary, signed a contract, contracts, ceo salaries, salaries, paid less, paid more, health care, medical care, private sector, retirement, benefits, federal pay, pay, cutting government, government, government workers, federal government, politics
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 5:08PM
By Raymond Kalas
Topics: family, health, travel, ireland, hospitals, medical care, open call
JUNE 17, 2009 3:36PM
By Beth Ingalls
Topics: health, medical care, poverty, insurance, doctors, fright
OCTOBER 13, 2010 10:02AM
By Caitlin Kelly
Topics: doctors, medicine, communication, conversation, patient, patient care, medical care, health insurance, medical training, self-confidence, jargon, feminism, science
NOVEMBER 2, 2010 9:19AM
Topics: politics, remember, memory, where we were, where we are now, rolling back, roll back, revert, progress, progressive, liberal, conservative, plan, agenda, economy, jobs, health care, medical care, veterans, homes, housing, crash, mortgages, lending, loans, education, katrina, war, trillion dollars, deficit, spending, bailout, abortion, food supply, death tax, estate tax, pollution, climate, global warming, medicare, social security, banking, consumer lending, reform, election, 2010, vote, voting, turnout, midterm, mid-term, pew, rachel maddow
APRIL 9, 2010 3:12PM
By lionspride
Topics: doctor's who are thieves., bald men, equality, politics, medical care
NOVEMBER 27, 2010 8:44AM
By James and Lois Cowan
Topics: members of congress, nonfiction mystery, gop chairman michael steel, summer off coast maine, anthony weiner, fiend in cellar, james and lois cowan, tramp steamer in key west, naked love, lois cowan, nonfiction mystery, writing team of james and lois cowan, paramedic writing team of james and lois cowan, grizzly guru, advice, james cowan, fiend cellar nonfiction mystery, key west florida usa, www.thefiendinthecellar.com, federally-mandated health coverage, walk the walk, practice what preach, republicans independents, free healthcare, james lois cowan, dear james, gritty guru, politics, health, healthcare, medical care, news, big story
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 3:03PM
By Dorian de Wind
Topics: death panels, chemotherapy, end-of-life counseling, stephen hawking, republicans, breast cancer, medical insurance, medical care, abortions, british health care, veterans, euthanasia, fearmongering, scare tactics, obama, gop, health care reform, science, politics, news, health, family, belief/religion
APRIL 21, 2010 11:24PM
By cyclopic
Topics: health, comedy, business, animals, bartering, botox, erectile dysfunction, farming, harry reid, horeathers, humor, marx brothers, medical care, mining, nevada, politics, ranching, sue lowden
JULY 1, 2009 10:09PM
By BobbyG
Topics: health care, reform, medical care, medicare, medicaid, single payer, public option, rx
Salon.com
Good Catch Mom
JANUARY 27, 2012 11:37AM
By Rebecca Morean
Topics: parenting, child care, rabies, medical care, medicine, humor, health care, animals, open call
Medical Insurance Has Gone Beyond the Pale
MARCH 14, 2010 1:36PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: uninsured, upsetting, horrifying, tragedy, shame, shocking, travesty, uninsurable, pre-existing cancer, pre-existing condition, previously insured, was paid up, had been insured, lacking insurance, not insured, no longer insured, recently, suddenly, now, death spiral, medical care, health care, health insurance, medical insurance, insurance, medical, health, politics
Challenging the Abortion Exclusion
NOVEMBER 8, 2009 2:46PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: politics, health, health care, health insurance, medical, medical care, medical insurance, abortion, public option, exclusion, excluded, first amendment, court challenge, challenge, bill of rights, constitution
Health Insurance vs. Predatory Profiteering
FEBRUARY 10, 2010 12:13PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: politics, medical, medicine, medical care, health, health care, cost, costs, rate, rates, profit, profits, premium, premiums, fee, fees, anthem, blue cross, anthem blue cross, wellpoint, ceo, salary, excessive, 39%, 39 percent, thirty-nine percent, $2.7 billion, quarter, quarterly, earning, earnings, non-profit, fairness, justice, incentives, theft, because we can, because they can, inflation, barack, obama, barack obama, president, president obama, sebelius, katherine sebelius, secretary, health and human services, hhs, letter, inquiry, correspondence, predatory, profiteering
The Fix is In: Rand Paul
NOVEMBER 2, 2010 11:33PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: part of the solution, part of the problem, hurry up, fixed yet, fixed, fix, unhappiness, happiness, jobs, obamacare, medical care, consumer health care, enslavement, enslaved, minority party, majority party, american people, we the people, cheering, happy, unhappy, spoke, speech, acceptance, elected, filibuster, party of no, solstice, hourglass, debt, deficit, fiscal responsibility, libertarian, rand paul, politics
Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22
AUGUST 22, 2009 4:43PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, unseen hand, eligibility, existing condition, pre-existing condition, exclusion, exclude, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, health care, health, medical care, medicine, irresolvable, conflicting, unhelpful, hypocrite, hypocrisy, overconstrained, paradoxical, paradox, conundrum, impossible bind, double bind, catch-22, politics
Real Canadians Talking Real Healthcare, Eh?
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 1:49AM
By Kathy Riordan
Topics: that pesky squirrel, crasher squirrel, social media, youtube, shoq, healthcare crisis, united states, universal healthcare, single payer, insurance, medical care, medicine, healthcare, canadians, canada
Health Insurance: A Modest Proposal
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 9:06AM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: motivation, libertarian, constitutional amendment, term limits, private coverage, additional coverage, coverage, responsibility, catastrophe, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government, regulation, society, universal care, universal, lobbying, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, capitalism, capitalist, socialism, socialist, single payer, same boat, afflict the comfortable, every man for himself, one for all, all for one, equality, health insurance, medical insurance, health care, medical care, care, medical, medicine, politics
Randy's Brain Tumor: Why Gatekeeping Health Care Scares Me
OCTOBER 13, 2009 3:35PM
By Hells Bells
Topics: gatekeeping health care services, health insurance, medical issues, brain tumor, medical care, teaching hospital, medical diagnosis and treatment, personal experience, second-tier medical treatment, frankly i'm scared
Medical Transparency: The Siren’s Call
AUGUST 26, 2009 9:37AM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: actuarial, insured, insure, catastrophic, catastrophe, incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, tom coburn, coburn, meet the press, religious, religion, personal responsibility, responsibility, medical savings account, medical savings, savings, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, r&d, research, technology, science, health care, health, medical care, medicine, politics, kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy
Thinking Aloud about Pay for Federal Workers
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 8:05AM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: voluntarily, voluntary, signed a contract, contracts, ceo salaries, salaries, paid less, paid more, health care, medical care, private sector, retirement, benefits, federal pay, pay, cutting government, government, government workers, federal government, politics
To Irish Health Care Providers: Please Add Ice!
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 5:08PM
By Raymond Kalas
Topics: family, health, travel, ireland, hospitals, medical care, open call
Harrowing Tales from the Uninsured
JUNE 17, 2009 3:36PM
By Beth Ingalls
Topics: health, medical care, poverty, insurance, doctors, fright
Why Is Talking To Doctors So Difficult?
OCTOBER 13, 2010 10:02AM
By Caitlin Kelly
Topics: doctors, medicine, communication, conversation, patient, patient care, medical care, health insurance, medical training, self-confidence, jargon, feminism, science
Remember to Vote
NOVEMBER 2, 2010 9:19AM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: politics, remember, memory, where we were, where we are now, rolling back, roll back, revert, progress, progressive, liberal, conservative, plan, agenda, economy, jobs, health care, medical care, veterans, homes, housing, crash, mortgages, lending, loans, education, katrina, war, trillion dollars, deficit, spending, bailout, abortion, food supply, death tax, estate tax, pollution, climate, global warming, medicare, social security, banking, consumer lending, reform, election, 2010, vote, voting, turnout, midterm, mid-term, pew, rachel maddow
Mr. President, Please remove my Cyst.
APRIL 9, 2010 3:12PM
By lionspride
Topics: doctor's who are thieves., bald men, equality, politics, medical care
WILL ANTI-OBAMA LAWMAKERS PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH?
NOVEMBER 27, 2010 8:44AM
By James and Lois Cowan
Topics: members of congress, nonfiction mystery, gop chairman michael steel, summer off coast maine, anthony weiner, fiend in cellar, james and lois cowan, tramp steamer in key west, naked love, lois cowan, nonfiction mystery, writing team of james and lois cowan, paramedic writing team of james and lois cowan, grizzly guru, advice, james cowan, fiend cellar nonfiction mystery, key west florida usa, www.thefiendinthecellar.com, federally-mandated health coverage, walk the walk, practice what preach, republicans independents, free healthcare, james lois cowan, dear james, gritty guru, politics, health, healthcare, medical care, news, big story
Obama's Health Care Reform Will Decimate our Nation
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 3:03PM
By Dorian de Wind
Topics: death panels, chemotherapy, end-of-life counseling, stephen hawking, republicans, breast cancer, medical insurance, medical care, abortions, british health care, veterans, euthanasia, fearmongering, scare tactics, obama, gop, health care reform, science, politics, news, health, family, belief/religion
Horse Feathers
APRIL 21, 2010 11:24PM
By cyclopic
Topics: health, comedy, business, animals, bartering, botox, erectile dysfunction, farming, harry reid, horeathers, humor, marx brothers, medical care, mining, nevada, politics, ranching, sue lowden
Doing some basic health care reform math
JULY 1, 2009 10:09PM
By BobbyG
Topics: health care, reform, medical care, medicare, medicaid, single payer, public option, rx