The Water’s Fine in a Single Health Care Insurance Pool
Yet another delay in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Medium-sized businesses, those with 50 to 99 workers, will get another year’s grace period before they must offer … Continue reading
Women Docs as Leaders: We’re Still a 16 Percent Ghetto
A “16 percent ghetto.” That’s the term that Debora Spar, president of Barnard College, recently coined for the low representation of American women in positions of power. Although she identified this … Continue reading
A Moral Approach to a Healthcare Mandate: Good Citizenship
If polls are to be believed, perhaps half or more of the people in this country do not consider “health care for all” a collective good, claiming that a “mandate” … Continue reading
“Father Knows Best” is Not Common Sense
It was bad enough that last week when Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in an unprecedented move for an HHS secretary, overturned the … Continue reading
Obama and Dems Fail To Champion a Champion (Again)
In yet another stunning reversal, President Obama and many leaders in the Democratic Party have backed away from support of a true consumer champion. In September it was Elizabeth Warren, … Continue reading
For the Economy’s Sake, Let Belief in Science Be This Election’s Litmus Test
At a time when we are sending our young men and women to the Middle East to free Afghanis from 9th century fundamentalist ignorance, it is ironic and very wrong when the … Continue reading
Don’t like the Message? Shoot the Messenger
Shooting the messenger is not merely a literary metaphor for punishing the bearer of bad news. Lately it seems to be the way that those in power, whether it be … Continue reading
What, Exactly, is a ‘Small Business’? The Hidden Tale Before Taxes and Job Creation Talks
First rule in debate: Define your terms. Yet when debating the potential of various tax policy proposals on small business and job creation, both sides gloss over the most important … Continue reading
The Born Lack of Identity: Will Wall Street Wave Off Warren for Our Economy’s 2nd Epic Fail?
Who is Brooksley E. Born? Ask almost anyone and you’ll invariably get a shrug. Elizabeth Warren may be a bit better known, but if the Republicans have their way, she … Continue reading
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