
When speaking about a $1 trillion reform–whose price tag has at least doubled–it seems silly to use the term “nickels and dimes.” But the “savings” part, as designed, would offset only a small fraction of the additional spending component. Those
by Dr. Jane Orient27 Jun 2012, 12:52 PM PST0
The idea that America needs transforming, and that he is the man to do it, did not start with Barack Obama. The grandiosely named Center for Health Transformation (CHT) was started by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. In 2003, Newt
by Dr. Jane Orient1 Feb 2012, 11:22 AM PST0
The national campaign against bullying and hate may be in the news, but it’s nowhere in evidence as an American university wreaks revenge, not just on a dissenter who ran for Congress–but on his children, and on a brave professor
by Dr. Jane Orient28 Mar 2011, 10:11 AM PST0
It is mentioned, almost in passing, that the “healthcare reform” on the verge of becoming law starts collecting premiums and taxes immediately, and promises benefits only in about four years. What kind of emergency is that? It’s not a healthcare
by Dr. Jane Orient22 Jan 2010, 10:59 AM PST0
Uninsurance is portrayed as being like a disease; it has even been called an epidemic. At a minimum, it puts you one medical bill away from bankruptcy, and you might even die from it, they say. Yet some people I
by Dr. Jane Orient14 Dec 2009, 4:00 PM PST0
Nobody outside the inner halls of Congress really knows what’s going on in the negotiations on health care “reform. Every now and then, someone emerges from the formerly smoke-filled rooms and throws another 2,000 or so page “bill” out into
by Dr. Jane Orient22 Nov 2009, 8:31 AM PST0