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The Individual Mandate : Unconstitutional, and an Alarming Precedent
Health insurance: The individual mandate. Illustration from Slate.Going too far?Health care reform and the individual mandate If Congress gets away with this, there is no stopping point and Big Business will have succeeded in making Americans into involuntary consumers whenever … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Business, Congress, Constitutional Law, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Individual Mandate
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Listen Up, Senate : Health Care Bill Needs Costs Reduction Amendment
Cartoon from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.How to save the health care bill:Add a medical costs reduction amendment By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / December 17, 2009 Dr. Howard Dean, a true progressive and advocate of health care … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Democratic Party, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Sherman DeBrosse, U.S. Senate
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Health Care ‘Reform’ : Tough Pill to Swallow
Best health care in the world?A sad state of affairs It is not only unfortunate that the health insurance industry plays on the fears of the elderly, but also that the Republican Party has become complicit in the deceit. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Medicine, Public Option
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The REAL Death Panel : Congress Gutting Reform
Photo by Mike Albans / AP.The real death panel:A requiem for true health care reform? By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 22, 2009 It was ten years ago that I lost my wife who was … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Medicare, Public Option, Universal Health Care
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Health Care Hypocrisy : The GOP’s Nutty Screaming
“Wait Times!” Cartoon by Matt Bors.The GOP’s health care nuttinessAnd the insurance industry backstory The problem the right has with health care reform is not that it represents intrusive government (it doesn’t). It’s that it doesn’t represent the kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Republican Party, Socialism
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care, Congress and the Inquisition
It’s pure torture:Reviewing the House Health Care plan By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2009 See ‘Healthcare-NOW on the House Health Care bill,’ Below. In his excellent review in TheRag Blog, Alex Knight discussed … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Religious Freedom, Women
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Republicans : Hypocrisy as a Pre-Existing Condition
Republican Chairman Michael Steele says abortion coverage has been removed from the party’s insurance policy.Republican Party insurance policyHas covered abortion for eighteen yearsBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2009 A few days ago, 176 Republicans joined … Continue reading
American Health Care : Monster Run Amok
Cartoon by RS Janes / LTSaloon.Once the envy of the world…The American health care disgrace By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2009 Between 1910 and 1970 American medicine was the envy of the world. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Health Care, American History, Ethics, Health Insurance, Medicine
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Divine Comedy : Joe Lieberman and the Hypocrites
The Hypocrites address Dante, from Canto XXIII of Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. Engraving by Gustave Doré from Pantheon Books edition / Wikimedia Commons.The Eighth Circle of Hell:Lieberman, Congress and health care reform Of course, Sen. Lieberman does not … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Joe Lieberman, Literature, Public Option, Universal Health Care
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Health Insurance : Does Baucus Bill Make Things Worse?
Cartoon by David Horsey / Seattle P.I.Public option a necessity:Baucus Bill protects insurance companies By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / October 19, 2009 There are two especially devious ways that private health insurers use to keep their own … Continue reading
Health Care Reform and the ‘Independent Voter’
In the health care debate:‘Independent’ usually means ‘misinformed’ By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / October 16, 2009 As witness not of our intentions but of our conduct, we can be true or false, and the hypocrite’s … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Obama Administration
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