One of the latest questions in the media about health care coverage reform is: “Should 85 year olds get hip replacements?” The subtext behind the question takes three forms:
1. In order to cut costs, providing these expensive procedures to people who are going to die any day should be denied.
2. In order to cut [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 31, 2009
Rationing Hip Replacements ~ dnd
July 28, 2009
A non-political broadening of my knowledge ~ BevnTempe
As most of you know I live in the high degree temperature area of Arizona: 110* – 115* every day since the end of June. It’s hot! Because of these high temperatures, I tend to stay inside. We don’t have a pool, and from what I’ve heard from those who do, the water is [...]
July 27, 2009
A One Page Health Insurance Reform Bill ~ dnd
There’s been a bit of discussion about the size of the House’s tri-committee bill. Ditto the Kennedy-Dodd Bill in the Senate. To help them out I’ve drafted a one page bill that should be easy to understand and get the ball rolling on health insurance reform.
1. A public option. Two plans should be good. Three [...]
July 24, 2009
The "CAN’T DO" Nation? ~ nannymm
I just read an op-ed by Harold Meyerson in The Washington Post. In it, Mr. Meyerson wonders whether we have become a nation that is unable to meet its challenges:
Watching the centrist Democrats in Congress create more and more reasons why health care can’t be fixed, I’ve been struck by a disquieting thought: Suppose [...]
