Health Care

An Open Letter to Paul Krugman

Harold Pollack | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Harold Pollack

I am puzzled by the shrillness of your columns about Obama, and your rather exclusive focus on individual mandates as the litmus test for a progressive politician.

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Is Barack Ready For a Fistfight? Why I am Voting For Hillary

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

Like a motivational speaker, Barack Obama is craftily catering to a younger generation which is looking for a quick fix. He is a mirror, a chameleon; he can be whatever you want him to be.

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Why Not Single Payer? Part 4. In Partial Defense of Obama Against Clinton's Attacks on His Health Care Plan

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Obama is right to criticize Clinton for putting forward a plan that would penalize the uninsured middle class, unless the cost can be brought down to an affordable level. Hillary's plan is a political loser.

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World Cancer Day: A Call to Action

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Hpv, Poverty, Smoking, Poverty and Health, Cervical Cancer, World Cancer Day, Poverty Cancer, Cancer, Tobacco, Health Care, Developing Nations Cancer, Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Poverty is a carcinogen: lower education and income levels are linked to higher rates of cancer.

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Krugman: Zero Chance Of Universal Health Care With Obama

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care. It's a division that can seem technical and obscure -- an...

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Talk health care, not mandates

Mark Kleiman | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Mark Kleiman

A mandate to purchase health insurance that isn't enforced isn't worth the paper it's printed on. A mandate to purchase health insurance that is enfo...

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Obama Hires 'Harry and Louise' to Attack Hillary's Plan for Health Care: Republicans Thrilled!

Irwin Redlener, M.D. | Posted 02.03.2008 | Politics

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Irwin Redlener, M.D.

If Hillary becomes the Democratic nominee, the Obama campaign has just packaged an ad that could be used, essentially unedited, by the Republicans next fall.

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On the Trail with Harlem for Obama

NYCity News Service | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home

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NYCity News Service

Dana L. Oliver speaks with the members of this group about its role in the election process, what the people of Harlem want, and why Obama is the right man for the job.

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Friday Talking Points [17]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

This column is dedicated to the idea that Democrats can learn to use talking points as effectively as Republicans often do. This idea annoys many who...

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Health Care Advocates Denouce Obama's Negative Mailer

Taylor Marsh | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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Taylor Marsh

Barack Obama knows Hillary's healthcare plan is better. It doesn't leave 15 million people out, and it aligns her with John Edwards.

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Obama Ad Compared To Nazi March On Clinton Call

Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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[Note: Headline updated. See end.] Ben Smith reports: The Clinton campaign convened a conference call with health policy experts to denounce Obama's...

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A Stitch in Time...

Paula Gordon | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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Paula Gordon

The U.S. spends a higher proportion of its GDP on health care than any other country. How much of that is effectively applied to our health? Comparative statistics say "not enough."

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Marc Cooper

Watch Obama's and Clinton's Top Latino Supporters Talk Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home

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Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are engaged in a fierce battle to capture the crucial emerging Latino vote during next week's s...

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Marc Cooper

Obama And Clinton Play It Safe In Hollywood Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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Hollywood, Calif. -- The much-anticipated Tinseltown one-on-one Democratic debate tonight lacked much of the drama that had been widely predicted and ...

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The Emergency Room

Jennie Nash | Posted 01.31.2008 | Living

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Jennie Nash

I'd rather suffer the pain of the headache than the pain of the emergency room. And it occurred to me that this is what it looks like when our health care system has broken down.

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Marc Cooper

Obama Woos Latino Vote Ahead Of Hollywood Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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Los Angeles, California -- Just hours before a dramatic one-on-one televised debate with rival Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama led his campaign in...

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American Companies Face Increased Government Control

Harry Fuller | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business

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Harry Fuller

China needs Americans to continue to buy their manufactured goods so they keep loaning us money we can't pay back. Consumption continues as the debt mounts right alongside.

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State of the Union: The Legacy of George W. Bush in Cold, Hard Numbers

Dan Brown | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Dan Brown

Mind-bogglingly, the G.O.P. presidential front-runners are embracing this man; John McCain is running on Bush's military policy and Mitt Romney is running on Bush's economic policy.

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The Wal-Mart Divide-And-Conquer Strategy

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 01.25.2008 | Business

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Jonathan Tasini

Wal-Mart will show its "social responsibility" by going "green" -- and making a pile of money in the process.

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Is Karl Rove Working For The Clinton Campaign?

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Either Karl Rove has joined the Clinton campaign as their advisor, or somebody over there has learned a lot from his standard campaign playbook. Beca...

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Democrats 2008: Rome is Burning

Michelle Kraus | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Kraus

Democrats, the presidential race of 2008 is ours to lose. We are doing a great job of losing the ball game with arrogance, bickering, and sanctimoniou...

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The Economy, Health Care and Presidential Politics

Irwin Redlener, M.D. | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business

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Irwin Redlener, M.D.

It may not be clear how much the nation's health care crisis will be worsened by growing economic troubles.

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Sam Stein

Clinton Hits Obama For Wavering On Single-Payer Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

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Pivoting off of one of the few policy spats in Monday night's presidential debate in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton hit Barack Obama on Tuesday for w...

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We Better Start Investing in Ourselves the Way We Used To

Jeff Madrick | Posted 01.21.2008 | Business

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Jeff Madrick

Government in principle doesn't undermine prosperity and entrepreneurial vigor. Good government creates the conditions that stimulate both. But now America hasn't invested in itself seriously for a long time.

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Code Blue! Republicans Leaning Left on Healthcare!

Craig Stoltz | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cell Funding, GOP Healthcare, Giuliani Healthcare, Ron Paul Healthcare, Universal Mandates, Health Insurance, Mitt Romney Health Care, Mccain Healthcare, Healthcare Vouchers, Prescription Drug Prices, Individual Mandate Plan, Democrats Healthcare Plan, Stem Cells, Stem Cell Research, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Care, Hillary Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Craig Stoltz

The most interesting thing that showed up on the Healthcare08 PoliGraph jumped out in plain red and blue. Several Republicans held positions in the blue zone on some healthcare issues. Not so for Democrats.

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