Obamacare does so many things to give people better access to affordable, quality health care. The folks at Colorado Consumer Health Initiative just like to say THANKS OBAMACARE with this moving infographic about President Obama’s healthcare plan and how it actually helps people. Nothing is perfect, but we think there are a lot of positives that came out of this whole thing, and politicians focus only on negative talking points. ugh.
Money, Politics and Health Care: A Disease-Creation Economy By Mark Hyman, MD, practicing physician (original on Huffington Post) “There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle,…
By Wendell Potter, Analyst at the Center for Public Integrity, author of Deadly Spin (original on Huffington Post, slightly modified after the election) Wouldn’t it be great if our candidates had to take a dose of…
Is Medicare-for-All Socialism, or is it a socially responsible part of a Hybrid Healthcare System? The U.S. healthcare system is already a mix of private and government payers, practitioners, drug companies, testing companies, and medical equipment…
Watch AOC Excoriate McConnell on House Floor, saying Illness has No Party
The protest poster above is too tame, so this 1-min video adds shame. Combined with different framing of gun violence as a public health issue, I hope it helps move the conversation forward. As we’ve seen,…
Fixing our broken healthcare system, reducing costs, and improving care all comes down to getting the objectives and health incentives right. This post is based on a comment I made when Pritpal Tamber called for “Creating…