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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/30/2009
Business and Health Care, Money and Merit
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Why doesn't business get out of health-care provision? It really does seem like it's more ideology and inertia than anything else. And not just on the part of business: I don't get the sense that it's really popular politically to suggest moving away from an employer-centric system. Which would ...

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Massachusetts's Health-Care Program Offers a Preview of Barack Obama's Universal Health-Care Plan
online.wsj.com - 3/27/2009
Massachusetts's Health-Care Program Offers a Preview of Barack Obama's Universal ...
— online.wsj.com — Praise Mitt Romney. Three years ago, the former Massachusetts Governor had the inadvertent good sense to create the "universal" health-care program that the White House and Congress now want to inflict on the entire country. It is proving to be ... (more) Massachusetts's Health-Care Program Offers a Preview ...

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truthdig.com - 4/2/2009
Putting the ‘Care’ in Health Care
— truthdig.com — Sadly, we have developed a system that rewards procedures over primary care. The incentives tip toward the kind of medicine that is performed with hands, tools and technology over the medicine that is practiced with eyes, ears and mind. READ THE ... (more) Putting the ‘Care’ in Health Care

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Video: Do you trust Congress with health care after AIG?
hotair.com - 3/27/2009
Video: Do you trust Congress with health care after AIG?
— hotair.com — Conservatives for Patients Rights formed earlier this year to push back against the expected nationalization of health care from Barack Obama. [...] Read the rest » (more) Video: Do you trust Congress with health care after AIG?
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Business and Health Care, Money and Merit
The Hollywood Liberal — Business and Health Care, Money and Merit Why doesn’t business get out of health-care provision? It really does seem like it’s more ideology and inertia than anything else. And not just on the part of business: I don’t get the sense that it’s really popular politically… [image] Coherent Reform Requires New Principles I agree with Bob Litan that we’ll get change, for better or worse. To get rid of dead ideas, and move forward to a good place, I think America needs to have a discussion on the principles for change…. [image] The Crisis and Fresh Thinking It may be wishful thinking on my part but I think that the current crisis and likely slow ...

Paralyzed By Ideology
The Hollywood Liberal — Paralyzed By Ideology One TPMCafe member wrote (in response to my question as to why employers don’t want to get out of providing health care): “Why don’t you get out . . .and ask the employers this question?” Well, I did in… [image] Business and Health Care, Money and Merit Why doesn’t business get out of health-care provision? It really does seem like it’s more ideology and inertia than anything else. And not just on the part of business: I don’t get the sense that it’s really popular politically… [image] This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 4:40 am and is filed under Main Blog (All Posts) . You can follow any responses ...

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