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I'm talking about the health care bill, of course. The people I tend to trust on these sorts of questions, such as Robert Reich and Paul Krugman (here and here respectively) say the bill does more good than harm, and sets us down a path towards further improvements later. They also point out,…

Is lobbying money killing the public-plan health insurance option

I can't claim to be 'objective' or neutral on health-care reform -- but who can? Everybody needs health care, some more than others. I need it less than most, as my family and I are, knock on wood, generally blessed with good health. Even so, we laid out $18K last year for health care, still owe…

More Evidence that Universal Health Care Would be Less Expensive

We've written quite a bit about single payer health care systems as well as other models that are a mixture of public and private spending. We've also analyzed some of the sources of excess cost of US healthcare to other countries. What is uniformly true about universal health care systems is…

What should a national health care system look like?

I was pleased to see president Obama deliver this address yesterday: Click To Play I was even more pleased because he has gathered the traditional opponents of healthcare reform around him and has convinced them to commit to reform in the US system. This is a positive sign. However, I'm…

Some good links - saw the Kos one earlier. Are you a registered member there? If so, what's your username - I'll hotlist your diaries.

I'm looking forward to reading the post on alcohol in the recent Harry Potter after dinner!

thanks for article very

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