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For those of us living in the United States, we know that our health care system is broken. We know it is broken in a thousand different ways. This is a recent and most telling example: Premature labor drug spikes from $10 to $1,500 Whether that price spike is caused by pure, unregulated money-grubbing greed, [...]
Happy Anniversary, Affordable Care Act!
by Molly Edmonds | September 23, 2010
In the United States, the traditional gift for a first wedding anniversary is paper. For the second, cotton is in order, and for the third, leather. What to give on a sixth-month anniversary? Well, to mark the six-month anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, I’m going to highlight some of the women-friendly measures that go into effect today, which, in turn, is the act’s gift to us.
The Bipartisan Health Care Summit is live on YouTube right now
by Marshall Brain | February 25, 2010
You can watch the Bipartisan Health Care Summit live on YouTube: The Bipartisan Health Care Summit
In the current U.S. debate over health care reform, a government-sponsored public option has been a controversial topic. Tune in to this episode of BrainStuff to hear Marshall Brain explain the nuances and implications of the public option.
For the last year, the government health care idea known as “the public option” has been the focus of intense discussion and debate. There has been so much debate, in fact, that the future of the whole idea is far from certain. The public option has been inserted into legislation, taken out, put back in, [...]
Obama to America: You’re Kind of Dumb, You Know That?
by Josh Clark | October 13, 2009
It struck me as weird that Barack Obama allowed a news cycle or five to go by without making a move after a report that the U.S. is poised to lose the war in Afghanistan, Soviet attrition-style if we don’t flood the place with troops. Later I heard it reported that not all of the Joint Chiefs are on board with the idea that more troops will win the war, or that more troops won’t result in much higher casualty rates for Americans.
Makes you think – the state of health care reform and how we got there
by Marshall Brain | October 13, 2009
A probing look at the state of the healthcare reform process and the reasons why we have arrived at this point: Sick and Wrong – How Washington is screwing up health care reform – and why it may take a revolt to fix it The article’s opening pulls no punches: Let’s start with the obvious: [...]
Hello, everyone. Not a ton of time this week for the weather (it’s nice) so let’s get right to it, shall we?
Tuesday’s show was about the various myths and truths of the various health care bills that have been written as of now. We covered things like the “death panel” and discussed the expense of the bills and where that money is going to come from. Molly was her usual stellar self, and we all concluded this basically — who knows how this whole thing is going to shake out in the end? These bills may change quite a bit, we just can’t tell.
Podcast Goodness: Zombie Health Care!
by Charles W. Bryant | September 25, 2009
Hello there, friends. How are things in your neck of the world? Things are drying out here in Atlanta. Thanks to those who wrote in with concern – we’re all safe and sound, thanks.
This week on the Tuesday edition of the SYSK podcast program we covered part two of our health care reform suite with Molly Edmonds of “Stuff Mom Never Told You.” We broke down the various bills floating around Washington and tried to do our best to explain what they all mean.
Health Care Reform Seems to be Missing the Point of Prevention
by Josh Clark | September 22, 2009
SYSK just received an e-mail from a listener named Joe who makes an excellent point about health care reform. At the crux of the health care reform debate is the incredible sum of money the United States spends on health care each year, about $2.4 trillion last year, which ate up 1/6 of our entire gross domestic product. This is, for lack of a better word, a substantial amount. Joe points out that the best way to curb health care spending is to curtail our use of it. Why don’t we lower health care costs by leading healthier lives? Greater health leads to less use for health care, and by the constraints of supply and demand, the cost of health care should decline.
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