Age Wars: How Health Reform Pits “The Old” vs. “The Young”
December 1st, 2009
First, kudos to the President and Congressional leaders for trying to fix the biggest public policy issue we have in America. Healthcare costs are up 131% over the past decade, while wages and CPI are up 28% to 31%. Thats a big problem. And with 78 million seniors getting ready to hit the Medicare sysyem, [...]
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More (Scary Stuff) on The Unintended Consequences
September 4th, 2009
Bad news for all of us do-gooders out there…So far, polling on the “Golden Rule” vs. “Unintended Consequences” is running 2/3rds against the Golden Rule. It’s not surprising, really. The $2.5 trillion healthcare economy affects all of us. In addition to our consumption of all things healthy and thereuputic, millions of Americans support their family directly [...]
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Second, The Law of Unintended Consequences
August 22nd, 2009
It’s my position that an overwhelming majority of Americans support the idea of universal healthcare or, more specifically, the idea that it is a good thing for all of us to have comprehensive, affordable health insurance coverage. I call it my Golden Rule of Health Reform. In fact there is some decent poll numbers that support this [...]
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