"Our health care system requires that patients be able to read." That ought to be a self-evident truth that is silly to enunciate, but it is actually the sensational revelation of a major problem just made public in the December JAMA (Journal of the … [Read more...] about The Health Care Dilemma of Patients Who Can’t Read
Are All Our Children “At Risk”? — October 1995
Are All Our Children "At Risk"? A state task force proclaimed this month that "there is a crisis in California that demands our immediate attention." No, it's not an earthquake or a hurricane or a fire. The crisis is that … [Read more...] about Are All Our Children “At Risk”? — October 1995
How Will Republicans Deal With the Portability Issue?
The biggest single problem with health care is that 90 percent of all private medical insurance is owned by employers rather than by individuals. Your boss doesn't own your homeowners or automobile insurance, and it's an unfortunate accident of … [Read more...] about How Will Republicans Deal With the Portability Issue?
Why Are Republicans Promoting Managed Care?
Republicans spent two years attacking the totalitarian Clinton Health Plan because it would put all Americans into Managed Care, allow medical care only as permitted by Gatekeepers, deny our right to choose our own doctor, limit access to … [Read more...] about Why Are Republicans Promoting Managed Care?
Will Health Care Defeat Republicans in 1996? — June 1995
Will Health Care Defeat Republicans in 1996? The defeat of Clinton’s Health Care bill last year was a big victory for Republicans and played a major role in-the election of a Republican Majority in Congress. Unfortunately, some Republicans … [Read more...] about Will Health Care Defeat Republicans in 1996? — June 1995
Medicare is the Cutting-Edge Issue
The Republicans are missing the boat on Medicare. They have retreated to the typical "moderate" Republican posture of endorsing an expensive liberal social program while asserting that they just don't want to spend quite as much on it as the more … [Read more...] about Medicare is the Cutting-Edge Issue
Will Health Care Defeat Republicans in 1996?
The defeat of Clinton's Health Care bill last year was a big victory for Republicans and played a major role in the election of a Republican Majority in Congress. Unfortunately, some Republicans seem to think that this disposed of … [Read more...] about Will Health Care Defeat Republicans in 1996?
Health Care “Compromises” Go From Bad to Worse
President Clinton's big mistake was to release his health care bill last year. It died after enough people read the scary details. The Administration's game plan now is to revive it under other labels, such as Mitchell or Gephardt, but keep the text … [Read more...] about Health Care “Compromises” Go From Bad to Worse
The Shenanigans of Healthcare
The woman who doesn't like to be called First Lady has used her First Lady position to get by with actions that no other man or woman could get by with. If it were not impossible to fire her, she would have long since followed Bernard Nussbaum, … [Read more...] about The Shenanigans of Healthcare
Health Care “Compromises” Go From Bad to Worse — August 1994
