Tag Archives: Health Care Reform

Health Care : Social Darwinism and Stupak Obstructionism

Cartoon from caglecatoons.com.Overcoming political agendas:Will health care reform happenAnd what will it look like? By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / March 11, 2010 It appears that Congress will pass some kind of health care legislation, be … Continue reading

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Health Care : High Drama at Blair House

Health care debate: it even hurts to listen. Image from A Blog of My Own.High drama at Blair House:The Republican response and the ‘independent voter’ By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / March 3, 2010 With considerable … Continue reading

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Health Care Reform : A Bad Proposal or a Worse One?

Senator Alexander, sitting next to Senator McCain, provided the Republicans’ opening statement at the Health Care Forum at Blair House, and he challenged President Obama and the Democrats “to renounce jamming it through in a partisan way.” Photo: Stephen Crowley/The … Continue reading

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Health Care Blues : Citizens Suffer While Insurance Profits Soar

Photo from Public Option Health Care Now.Health care blues:Insurance profits soar, Congress fiddles,Teabaggers rail against ‘socialist’ Obama By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / February 21, 2010 As I write, we await the President’s open discussion about … Continue reading

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The Health Care Wars : Viewing the Battlefield

From the teabag front: A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting health care reform. Photo by Carlos Barria / Reuters.The health care fight goes on:Teabaggers, downsizing, and the ‘Party of No’ By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading

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Report : Skyrocketing Profits for Big Insurance Companies

Photo by Tanya J. Harding from stock.xchng.Report: Big insurance companies out of control The top five insurers made $12 billion in profits last year, while dropping coverage for 2.7 million people. By Chris Frates / February 12, 2010 With health … Continue reading

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Congress : Health Care on Life Support

Cartoon by Matson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch / The Moderate Voice.Good riddance to Senate bill;Some encouraging words from the PresidentBy Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2010 The word emanating from Washington regarding health care … Continue reading

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Health Care and Campaign Finance : The Corporate Stranglehold

“A Jail for Uncle Sam,” By Arcadio Esquivel / Cagle Cartoons / La Prensa, Panama.Buying politics in America, Inc:Supreme Court decision, Massachusetts debacle, And dimming hopes for health care reform By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading

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Faustian Bargain : Congress and Health Care

Cutting the health care deal:Bargaining behind closed doors By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2010 “The country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold … Continue reading

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Rewind and Restart : How the Dems (Could Have) Made ‘Health Care’ Happen

(A New Years fantasy) Once more from the top: An alternative scenario for health care reform By Zoltan Zigedy / The Rag Blog / January 10, 2010 In February of 2009, with his poll numbers and public expectations exceptionally high, … Continue reading

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Rewind and Restart : How the Dems (Could Have) Made ‘Health Care’ Happen

(A New Years fantasy) Once more from the top: An alternative scenario for health care reform By Zoltan Zigedy / The Rag Blog / January 10, 2010 In February of 2009, with his poll numbers and public expectations exceptionally high, … Continue reading

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Cancer Survival : Reform Opponents Play the Numbers Game

Graphic from DragonArtz Design.Cancer survival and health care reform:Selective statistics paint distorted picture By Barbara O’Brien / The Rag Blog / January 7, 2010 One argument you may hear against health care reform concerns cancer survival rates. The United States … Continue reading

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