Renal Gender Bias
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pmWe all know that women are more likely to be paid less for the same work as their male counterparts. We know that women have…
Posts Tagged ‘health care’
Fact-checking: Useful in Politics Too
By Jesse Singal - Jan 8th, 2009 at 5:21 pmRep. John Conyers wrote a letter arguing against the appointment of Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General.
Ben Smith:
As Jake Tapper notes, the letter misspells…
What to Think About Daschle?
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 amEver since the election, there’s been the expected amount of hand wringing over whether or not Obama really meant it when he talked about health…
Yes, the Proposed HHS Regulation Is Sexist
By Kay Steiger - Dec 2nd, 2008 at 3:25 pmThe Los Angeles Times has a good recap of a Health and Human Services regulation that’s bad news for women (Planned Parenthood has a petition…
Stem Cell Research is Back, Baby
By Jesse Singal - Nov 24th, 2008 at 12:21 pmFrom the AP:
When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to…
Syzygy
By Nick Sifuentes - Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:38 amNot only is it an awesome word that I never get to use, but it also describes the current state of the healthcare debate. Watch…
Rule on Women and Health Care Access to be Finalized
By Kay Steiger - Nov 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pmThe really awful proposed rule that Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Levitt is trying to push through in his last few weeks of public…
Sen. Baucus: The Last Guy I Expected to See with a Mandate
By Nick Sifuentes - Nov 13th, 2008 at 10:11 amThe progressive blogosphere is abuzz with the news that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate, has announced a…
Studs Terkel on Health Care
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 amAs a proud Chicagoan and a Hyde Parker to boot I feel I should say something about Studs Terkel’s passing. To be honest I’m not…
Dear Gossip Blogs: Elizabeth Edwards Knows Things About Health Care!
By Kay Steiger - Oct 31st, 2008 at 2:21 pmWell this is annoying. Campus Progress, our sister organization, sponsored an event with Elizabeth Edwards and Ezra Klein to talk about health care on Monday.…
Update: Elizabeth Edwards Highlights Video
By Kay Steiger - Oct 29th, 2008 at 2:11 pmThe Washington Post may have largely focused on Elizabeth Edwards re-emerging during the “cozy” event sponsored by Campus Progress on Monday, but she actually knows…
The Paradox of Progressive Health Care Reform
By Dylan Matthews - Oct 29th, 2008 at 11:28 amI really recommend watching the Campus Progress discussion between Elizabeth Edwards and Ezra Klein that Kay posted yesterday. It does an exceptional job of elucidating…
Yeah, Universal Healthcare Sounds Awful
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 29th, 2008 at 9:40 amSean Quinn quotes the inimitable Gbenga Akinnagbe (a.k.a. Chris Partlow) of The Wire on his experience in a British hospital:
He’d recently sprained an ankle,…
Elizabeth Edwards on Health Care
By Kay Steiger - Oct 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pmLast night Campus Progress, our sister organization, sponsored a wonkarific discussion on health care between Ezra Klein and Elizabeth Edwards. The full video can be…
Using the Young To Push Your Ideology
By Matt Zeitlin - Oct 22nd, 2008 at 2:40 pmRobert Samuelson has written one of the most annoying types of column today, one in which he self-righteously exhorts the young to march in lockstep…
