Women and the Individual Health Insurance Market
By Kay Steiger - Oct 30th, 2008 at 5:25 pmVia Megan at Jezebel. So the New York Times reports something that I wrote about last week: The individual health insurance market is much more…
Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’
More on Gay Men and Blood Donations
By Rob Anderson - Sep 12th, 2008 at 10:34 amYesterday, Russell presented an anecdotal case for why gay men should be allowed to donate blood in the United States. I happen to have written…
CDC: The U.S. is Failing to Protect its Most Vulnerable Citizens from HIV
By Jesse Singal - Sep 12th, 2008 at 9:30 amYesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, having sifted and analyzed the data from 2006, released new information on HIV infection rates in the…
An Inequality That No One Talks About
By L. Russell Allen - Sep 11th, 2008 at 5:32 pmAlthough anecdotes are never an acceptable replacement for statistics and facts, I just can’t help myself on this one.
My girlfriend’s father recently received a…
Palin Cut Funding for Teen Moms
By Matt Zeitlin - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 4:36 pmThe Washington Post has quite the scoop: Sarah Palin cut a state appropriation for Covenant House Alaska–a transitional programs for teen moms–from $5 million to…
The Audacity of Reforming Health Care
By Kay Steiger - Aug 27th, 2008 at 4:42 pmThis morning Families USA and the SEIU hosted a forum on health care. The objective was to put health care reform at the top of…
Harry and Louise: the Remix
By Kay Steiger - Aug 19th, 2008 at 2:20 pmVia Wonk Room. The ad largely credited with killing health care reform in the 1990s starred Harry and Louise, sitting at a kitchen table talking…
Abortions Down Slightly in Minnesota
By Kay Steiger - Jul 1st, 2008 at 3:41 pmThe Minneapolis Star Tribune reports today that abortions are down slightly in Minnesota. But that’s pretty much all the article says, making it little more…
Um… Should You Have Told Me That?
By Jesse Singal - Jun 24th, 2008 at 9:51 amI know it’s completely irrelevant to the larger discussion about George Carlin’s life and legacy, but I couldn’t help but notice this nugget in a…
Oh Man, I Was So Prep’ed Last Night
By L. Russell Allen - Jun 4th, 2008 at 2:00 pmPreparation H, the new gateway drug. (Courtesy Preparation H)
So, kids, have you heard about the new drug that’s all the rage? It’s great for…
Jonah Goldberg: No, Change is Bad
By Jesse Singal - Jun 4th, 2008 at 11:26 amI’m guessing the Republican Party won’t be hitting up Jonah Goldberg for advice any time soon. Maybe I shouldn’t have anything but the lowest expectations…
