Tag: health
member name: Tim Nelson
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September 09, 2009 10:16 AM EDT --
Yesterday I learned that Congress wants to fine an individual $750 for not having health insurance. I was thinking that the fine would be indexed by income, basically from zero. In that scenario, I expected . . .
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September 06, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
Obama has voted in a more partisan manner in any time period. They both need to stop preaching to the choir, and get on with it.
That's all that needs to be said right now.
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April 16, 2008 08:32 PM EDT --
(Caution, one word near the end could be considered naughty)
Many people can relate to too much overtime at work. The hours and days go by and there is no time to get anything else done. It was at . . .
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July 27, 2009 01:33 PM EDT --
Never in the bill.
1) Eliminate insurance deductions 2) Single payer
Leaving the bill.
1) Parallel public plan 2) Raise taxes on high earners 3) Current, fee for service structure, for Medicare . . .
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December 15, 2007 10:04 AM EST --
They say that most of the population spends about 15% of their income on medical costs.
How about a 5% cap on employee medical costs. This would include premiums + copays + deductibles + prescriptions. . . .
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January 08, 2009 09:41 PM EST --
The first grid is nostalgia. Home remedies with a book tour boost, is only half the story behind the lure to easy answers, to conditions that are often, merely getting old and fat.
The second grid . . .
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March 26, 2009 12:13 PM EDT --
Since the 80's, all the productivity gains have been by new technology. Worker overtime has actually been a negative balance to the total. At some point, people will realize that a smaller portion . . .
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January 06, 2009 09:02 PM EST --
The concept of the third grid is just a recognition of the fact that nostalgia, standard practice, and paradigm shifts all coexist.
Lets start with a small example, expressed in terms of standard practice, . . .
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July 13, 2009 02:27 PM EDT --
I'm sure some people remember a study done several years ago. It seems that conservatives are happy optimists, while liberals are sad pessimists.
Conservatives, as a generalization, tend to be pessimistic . . .
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September 20, 2008 02:22 PM EDT --
A do nothing Congress is by definition a shortage of centrists. In the 1970's, a quarter of Congress were aisle-crossing centrists, there is no shortcut to a "do something" congress other . . .
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July 04, 2009 04:43 PM EDT --
The single payer solution must be a compelling argument, though one I never latched onto. The notion I have is that cost cutting is the "soup stock", while insurance is merely water. I hope that many . . .
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November 08, 2008 04:05 PM EST --
Almost every area of the private sector is hurting right now. Only education, government, and health care are doing well, according to a report out yesterday.
Is this a good sign?
Far from it. . . .
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September 28, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
Americans have a high standard of living, we consume like pigs, and when the rest of the world grabs a peice, we squeel like a stuck one. Times, they are a-changin'.
New technology cuts overhead, . . .
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