healthcare

The Extreme Court

June 26, 2022

The Supreme Liars of the Extreme Court uite simply, everyone of the members of the court that voted to overturn Roe v Wade lied. They lied to get their jobs. Every senator except Susan Collins knew they were lying. They put the job above the majority of “We the People.” Political bias was involved. Ignorance […]

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Happy Now?

November 17, 2020

onservatives have tried, quite successfully, to scare the populace with the word ‘socialism’ for at least a century. It still works with the illiterati. In both graduate and undergraduate  classes there were teachers of economics who were unable to provide a concise definition of the word. I seriously doubt that any of the politicians invoking […]

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Moderate or Progressive

February 15, 2020

e are constantly bombarded with analyses of the race for the Democratic nomination. It all seems to fall short. Who has the better chance?  A moderate? A progressive? Who knows? As everyone else, I have an opinion — shocking, I know.

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Who’s the Enemy?

February 11, 2020

on’t ask one of the Democratic candidates. In all likelihood, they will all be pointing at each other. It seems they aren’t familiar with the role they are supposed to play.

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Spotting Trends

June 11, 2016

 hile we are all laughing at or crying about the political circus of this electoral cycle, significant changes are taking place. So, what’s new? After all, changes got us to this point. Those wishing to deny change began to change things a few years back. If I have to pick a starting point, Barry Goldwater’s […]

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Bad Is Good

September 8, 2010

John Maynard Keynes said, “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.” Ben Bernanke, of the Federal Reserve, tells us that the market will cause the too-big-to-fail banks to get smaller. He assures us that the people who caused […]

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Less Is Less

September 1, 2010

Perhaps you’ve heard people complain of the government being too big. It isn’t just that they think smaller government works better. Most express a hatred for the government – their government. They are fortunate not to get their wishes granted. Here is the word of the day for them. dystopia (noun) A vision of a […]

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Silly Suit

March 23, 2010

Thirteen states have filed a lawsuit claiming that the healthcare bill is unconstitutional. Will they win or are they just wasting taxpayers money in an attempt to look good to their political bases? If you guessed the later, you didn’t require anyone to read this to you. Given that we have five Supremes who can’t […]

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Reconciliation

February 19, 2010

If you stay to the end of this post, you will see an offer you can’t refuse – no strings attached. My last post was about a health issue, not healthcare reform. Writing so frequently on healthcare reform and the economy has built up a tremendous reserve of frustration. I wanted to take a psychic […]

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Insurance

January 2, 2010

I‘m afraid we need to get back to basics. One would think that people understood insurance. There are many valid complaints concerning “healthcare reform.” Those focused on insurance are not among them. That doesn’t stop them from complaining. Some complain for political reasons. Others complain because they don’t understand what insurance is, how it works […]

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