Source: Marty Nemko If you need help keeping track of current Congressional efforts to reform health care, check out this website: Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals. The content is provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, an independent, highly respected organization that studies major health care issues and provides information to policymakers, the… Read more
Tag Archives: politics
Coughing Up Blood Money: FDA regulation of tobacco
Smoking causes lung cancer. We’ve known that for 60+ years. But the regulation of tobacco has happened in slow motion, thanks largely to political lobbying by the tobacco industry. In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that the FDA could not take it upon itself to regulate cigarettes. It would first need legislative approval from Congress.… Read more
Coughing Up Blood Money: Taxing tobacco, taxing credibility
Roll Call, the daily paper aimed at Washington politicos, gets endorsements such as the following from members of Congress: Former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.): “Roll Call is a critical and indispensable tool for deciphering the day-to-day maneuverings of Capitol Hill. Roll Call has its finger on the pulse of Congress.” Former Sen. John… Read more
Sanjay Gupta, George Lundberg, and Obama’s Enneagram type
Back in November, following a two-hour meeting in Chicago, president-elect Obama offered Sanjay Gupta the position of Surgeon General. (This from a presumably reliable source: Gupta’s mother, Damayanti.) Gupta has been prudently tight-lipped about the appointment ever since the Washington Post broke the story in early January. Gupta, the chief medical correspondent for CNN, discussed… Read more
Economic recovery and healthcare reform
Many of the ideas in Clinton’s plan were too complex to be communicated efficiently and effectively. This made political positioning, always difficult, even more delicate. Read more
Will Obama’s health policy survive a Big Pharma challenge?
“Here’s some friendly advice to the pharmaceutical industry: don’t make the mistake of attacking the policies of our new President. Such a move is likely to backfire.” Read more
To make more money
Health is more than drugs and disease. It’s the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. We need to be able to trust them all. Read more
The election, the common good, Starbucks, and driving safely
There’s been plenty of coverage of the Obama and McCain health plans during the presidential election campaign. I debated whether to contribute my opinion and decided against it. I think everyone is exhausted with media coverage. There’s a nice Time Magazine article this week on “The 24-Minute News Cycle.” It was reassuring to read that… Read more