A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Health Care on Aug 18th, 2009
More and more, I’m hearing that the public option in health care reform is dead. While I’m not giving up hope yet, Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight provides some interesting insight into why that might be the case:
Why doesn’t the public option have the votes for passage? You’d think that a provision that is both fairly […]
Posted in Health Care on Mar 6th, 2009
I’m helping to organize a Health Care for All Meeting in Colorado Springs next week, March 12. If you’re in the Colorado Springs area and interested in universal health coverage, I hope to see you there! Here’s the event description:
With rising costs and diminishing employer-based health insurance, the health care system in the United States […]
Posted in Health Care on Mar 5th, 2008
In a recent court case, a judge awarded $9 million to a woman who had her medical insurance canceled while she was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. The judge was harshly critical of the insurer, Health Net, saying in part,
“It’s difficult to imagine a policy more reprehensible than tying bonuses to encourage the rescission of health […]
Posted in Books, Health Care on Dec 4th, 2007
I recently read one of Robin Cook’s medical thrillers, Marker. The novel itself was entertaining as usual. The most interesting aspect, however, was the author’s note at the end. Here’s what he has to say about a national, single-payer healthcare plan,
As a physician, I have always been against health insurance except for catastrophic care and […]