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politics
Reid Demands Dems Stop Trying to Court Republican Votes
Whoa, Harry Reid just realized that he's the Majority Leader of the Senate, leading a filibuster-proof majority of Democrats, who also control the House and the White House! Maybe he read a newspaper? Maybe Al Franken told him? More »
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By PareeneComment by Unsolicited Advice: Isn't "chasing Republican votes" really motivated by electoral viability, though? I think to an extent Congressional Dems viewed attempts at... 8 Responses | Other threads
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spead reading
All Drudge Reads Anymore Is the Headline
Matt Drudge linking to a story about Obama's personal doctor criticizing his healthcare plan, which is funny and fits perfectly into the right-wing anti-Obama narrative of the terrors of "socialized medicine." Except Obama's doctor actually wants socialized medicine. Whatever. More »
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By John CookComment by Ohcaptainmycaptain: The craziest part of the article: "A neurosurgeon gets paid $20,000 for cutting into the neck of my patient. Have him... 10 Responses | Other threads
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health care
Stupid Americans Trust Doctors
Doctors are lazy and greedy and do not care about you. But Americans do not know this! Because of the TV, they think doctors would come up with a good national health care plan. They would not. More »
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By PareeneComment by PaisleyPajamas: The problem in the U.S. is that becoming a doctor became an elitist endeavor almost from the get-go. The... 15 Responses | Other threads
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freakouts
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley Uses Twitter to Exhibit Insanity, Illiteracy
Barack Obama used his weekly YouTube address to announce his intention to address health-care reform in the coming months, an announcement that incited Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa to make a Herculean ass of himself by raging incoherently on Twitter. More »
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Comment by Preopsician: It's Twitter. You're calling someone insane because of his literary styling on Twitter? Are the many democrats who post in... 4 Responses | Other threads
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who knows
Health Care: Will America Ever Get Any?
Paul Krugman is cautiously optimistic about health care reform happening at some point this year! Let's all celebrate! More »
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By PareeneComment by sample032: Aside from my small government beliefs, one reason I'm against socialized healthcare is because it puts the government in the... 34 Responses | Other threads
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bush knew
Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
Did you know that the GOP agenda killed football hero Jack Kemp? It's true, according to eventual Democrat Arlen Specter! More »
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By PareeneComment by propertius: If you were a cancer researcher, which would you rather do: a) cure cancer b) keep the money coming? I say (b) may... 6 Responses | Other threads
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explainer
Two Questions From a Reader
"Can you help? 1) What the h*ll is reconciliation and why does it work for health care but not anything else obama wants to pass? More »
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By PareeneComment by ADismalScience: Isn't the whole lawmaking process needlessly archaic at this point? The soulless corporate drone in me wants to reorg the... 11 Responses | Other threads
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health care
Our New Abortion-Loving Health Care Savior
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius will fix the health care, in our country, just like she almost fixed it in Kansas! Until she ran into political opposition! More » -
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creative underclass
Freelancers Freaking Out about Their 'Union' Health Plan
We've been getting lots of angry e-mails from various freelancers with coverage in the Freelancers Union, which I mainly ignored until I realized it would negatively affect me, too. The oft-reported insurance provider for the creative underclass is—wtf—starting their own insurance company called the Freelancers Insurance Company. And members have no choice but to join it! The takeaway: if my shrink isn't in the new "Freelancers Insurance Company" network's koverage, no amount of generic Klonopin will be able to kwell my krazy! More »
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By SheilaComment by ADismalScience: It's going to be even more fun when Congress is forced to reduce benefits and coverage every few years to... 33 Responses | Other threads
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the court of public opinion
Depressing Wal-Mart Story Has Marginally Happy Ending
Have you heard the depressing Wal-Mart story? A 52-year-old former Wal-Mart employee named Deborah Shank was permanently brain-damaged after a collision with a semi eight years ago. She won a lawsuit against the trucking company, pocketing $417,000 for her future medical care. Then Wal-Mart sued her to recover $470,000. Then Mrs. Shank's son died in Iraq! Oh, fun. It gets better! More »
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By PareeneComment by ADismalScience: And as a separate argument, which I've elected to make its own little thing because it's going to be controversial: The... more » | Other threads
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crazies
Beloved Author Larry Niven Will Solve the Heath Care Mess by Lying to Immigrants
Legendary SciFi author Larry Niven is apparently a far-right-wing crank. A far-right-wing crank who advises the Department of Homeland Security! Niven, famous for his richly detailed stories of precisely defined aliens coexisting with humans, is now famous for trying to explain to a room full of government officials that "a good way to help hospitals stem financial losses is to spread rumors in Spanish within the Latino community that emergency rooms are killing patients in order to harvest their organs for transplants." Also: "The problem [of hospitals going broke] is hugely exaggerated by illegal aliens who aren't going to pay for anything anyway." The man wrote the Ringworld series and invented the Flash Mob so he's beloved by nerds and obviously qualified to advise important government agencies on how best to deal with the Latino menace. [Guanabee]
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By PareeneComment by sassypants: It seems only fair that this guy get an "accidental" lobotomy the next time he goes to the hospital. more » | Other threads
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stars are just like us
Robert De Niro Reminds Us That Nationalized Health Care Is An Important Issue
Robert De Niro is just like us—he has problems with his health care provider! De Niro won his case against the Fireman's Fund Insurance, which had sued the actor, alleging that he had withheld information about his medical condition. Fireman's Fund had to cover costs when a prostate cancer scare delayed filming for the De Niro vehicle Hide and Seek blah blah blah. But why is Robert De Niro, a very famous actor, having these middle class problems with his regular-people insurance company? There's no national health care. Our veterans are sleeping under bridges and our respected actors are getting turned away by insurance companies! Hillary Clinton has promised universal health care within her first term, but "Hollywood" Robert De Niro has endorsed Obama. Like so many Americans, he doesn't realize that Hillary Clinton should be on the line when terror calls to deny you coverage due to a prior existing medical condition. [Deadline Hollywood]
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By rebeccaComment by famousauthor: If you had prostate cancer, who would you rather have pick up the phone at 3 AM? A policy... more » | Other threads
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your privacy is an illusion
Genetics research + online health profiles = burgers
With the launch of Google's health data service, we're going to set aside our skepticism for a moment and think about what this could potentially mean for society. Nah, screw society — for me personally. Google cofounder Sergey Brin invested in his wife's genetics research startup. 23andMe takes cheek swabs from customers and spits out their genetic history. Board member Esther Dyson writes:a second goal of 23andMe [is] to collect a large database of genetic information and then come back to you over time with invitations to provide specific health data and participate in research.
Combining these data sets — health histories and extensive genetics information — could lead to significant breakthroughs in predicting future health issues. I think this means I can eat all the Yahoo burgers I want without worrying!
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Comment by doshomik: + [www.bloomberg.com] "Google has financially backed a project from a Harvard University scientist to unlock the secrets of common diseases by... more » | Other threads
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michael moore
Harass Michael Moore This Afternoon
Did you know that documentarian Michael Moore's recent film SiCKO is nominated for an Oscar? As part of his effort to publicize this fact while still acting like he is attempted to do good crusade-y liberal things, he is holding a conference call this afternoon. It is about how unfair it is that his film might win an Oscar but the subjects profiled in it are still sick. Would you like to dial into this conference call and maybe ask Michael if he regrets making his film available for free on the internet, resulting in no one going to see it in theaters? Or just say something snide about Castro? Here is your opportunity! We'll leave it to you to debate the relative dickishness of crashing a phone press conference featuring an ill 9/11 rescue worker. Press release, with call-in info, after the jump. More »
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By PareeneComment by MadamButterfloozy: @BettyCrocker: It's very disheartening to see people shooting the messenger - particularly when it's not on the basis of the... more » | Other threads
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averted tragedies
Glenn Beck: Just Like That Lady Who Died In The E.R.
Glenn Beck's recent tragic ordeal—he was treated like a commoner at a hospital rich people go to!—was a stunning wake-up call for the entire nation. Beck, despite hurting a whole lot, was made to wait in the emergency room for 40 minutes. He even cried! "The video," CNN insists, "brings to mind the case of Edith Rodriguez. Last year, she was on the floor of a Los Angeles hospital emergency room vomiting blood, and witnesses say no one did anything to help her. Her boyfriend actually called 911, which refused to help since she was already in a hospital. Rodriguez died in the emergency room." Ye gods, Beck could've died in that emergency room. Died of hemorrhoids, right there on the floor. [CNN] -
take him down to the hospital
Glenn Beck Argues For Better National Glenn Beck Care
Glenn Beck, noted health care reform advocate, was just on CNN chatting with Wolf Blitzer about how to fix American Medicine. Beck—who became an advocate for reform after he had a shitty hospital visit where they pumped him full of an unbelievably awesome-sounding cocktail of expensive drugs—says the candidates who'll best fix the whole mess are Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. Because they'll "privatize" it. Is he still on the Percocet? The on-screen segment chyron: "WHY HEALTH CARE MATTERS." Hint: IT'S NOT LUPUS. [Previously]
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By PareeneComment by mcginstein: I laughed at the headline for 5 minutes. Has simple mind. Iz gret, aktuly. more » | Other threads
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health care
"The number of employers sponsoring the [smoking cessation] programs 'is going up even while firms are cutting back on medical benefits' in general to limit costs, said Dr. Steven A. Schroeder, director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California, San Francisco, which promotes stop-smoking programs nationally." Ha ha! So your insurance won't cover that operation because you had your chance to be saved, smoky! [NYT]
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