I’m writing to give you an update about what’s happening with the Wall Street reform bill. Republicans are continuing to help the Wall Street lobbyists by blocking the Wall Street reform bill, preferring backdoor negotiations over an open debate on the floor. While they play their obstructionist games, many Senate Democrats are waiting in the wings to introduce amendments that will strengthen the current bill. Read the rest
At least, that’s the conclusion I draw from this article by Ezra, which shows that we pay American doctors way too fucking much. I knew that already, but as Ezra says, you don’t usually see prices written down during the health-care debate. And now that I have...well, damn. Are American doctors so personable that they’re worth ten times as much as doctors in Spain?
What's fascinating to me is Ezra Klein has been one of the Village wonkers pooh poohing the central point of a public health insurance option - that the government does better negotiating health care prices than private insurance companies (for whatever reason you may want to attribute.) His focus on the exchanges and the "regulations" and his attempts to diminish the public option demonstrate that the one of the main wonkers not getting the whole "government does better at cost containment in health care" thing is - Ezra Klein. The irony of his post is rich.
By that measure, we have not had a very informed debate.I can't believe after all his analysis and ink wasted he finally has come to this fucking conclusion. Why has it taken you so long to arrive to this point?
When you have filed bankruptcy due to high medical costs and have lived long enough to manage two chronic illnesses only then will you be an expert in health insurance policy.
(I'm not too embarrassed by this..hell.. cognitive problems as a result of fibromyalgia and chronic pain have their negative effects. Being a stoner doesn't make me the sharpest tool in the shed anymore either ...as long as I rate above moron..I'm kewl.)
I miss you Dad..[\sniffle]No, I can’t hate cops. They’re the band-aids we put on the gushing arteries of the human condition. No wonder they get tired. No wonder they’re suspicious. Some of them are greedy and corrupt, but mostly they’re people just trying to do their job.
When one of them dies in the line of duty, attention must be paid.
Monday's a dog. [via]Oregon Democrats, who began the year with about 70,000 more registered voters than Republicans, have doubled that advantage, which stood Friday at 826,984 Democrats to 685,344 Republicans.
Hillary’s disability policies are pretty damn good, especially when it comes to health care, which I’ve always considered (not that I’m alone in this) the issue on which she’s more solid than Obama.
"Marijuana, unlike alcohol, has no direct effect on the liver."Yet, a medical marijuana patient in Washington state is denied a new liver. Yahoo Link
Emergency department visits by the uninsured grew 20 percent after the public health insurance program was cut. And the number of those people requiring hospitalization grew more, suggesting patients were sicker.
State Moves To Ban Fake Testicles on Vehicles [via]
Monday's a dog. [via]
