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69Social Security--Fix it or scrap it?
by Ralph Deeds
Social Security & Medicare Issues in 2008 Election This is a link to a video from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare with the message that presidential candidates should tell us... published 9 months ago
58United States Lags in Health Care
by Ralph Deeds
A Commonwealth Fund study on health care released today shows that the U.S. spends more than twice as much oin each person for health care as most other industrialized countries but it has fallen to last... published 9 days ago
64"Sicko" review by Jack Lessenberry
by Ralph Deeds
Sicko is an utter masterpiece: brilliant, acidly funny and terribly anger-inspiring. Here's a link to Jack Lessenberry's review in MetroTimes: http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=10641 I saw... published 13 months ago
44No Free Lunch on Health David Leonhardt in the NY Times
by Ralph Deeds
The current health care system doesn't pay hospitals, doctors and nurses to keep people healthy; it pays for tests, surgeries and drugs. So Americans often get expensive invasive care of dubious medical... published 12 months ago
53"High Stakes and Health" by Robert Borosage and Katrina Vanden Heuvel
by Ralph Deeds
Robert Borosage and Katrina Vanden Heuvel explain what the stakes are for health care in the 2008 election. They expose the goals of conservatives to privatize Medicare and defeat health care reform proposals... published 12 months ago
61CROOK ALERT! Corporate Leeches Contribute to High Health Care Costs
by Ralph Deeds
Disgorgement of Ill-gotten Gains Made Easier by United Health Care Case The New York attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has negotiated an agreement with several health insurance companies that will make physician... published 2 years ago
55Most Americans Support Government Health Plan Guarantees
by Ralph Deeds
Survey results on health care published 17 months ago
55Health Care Common Sense from Professor Robert Frank
by Ralph Deeds
Robert H. Frank an economist at the Cornell Business School, in the article linked below, pokes holes in President Bush's recent health care proposal and points the way toward a more rational approach. He... published 18 months ago
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