Category Archives: Healthcare

A Liberal Is a Conservative Who Has Been Sneezed on

Posted on March 9, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

For those who don’t get the reference (you whippersnappers with your avocado toast!), it refers to the old saw “a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged.” Anyway, it appears some conservatives are loving themselves some ‘socialism‘ (boldface mine): … Continue reading →

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There’s More to Healthcare than Bending Cost Curves Like Beckham

Posted on February 25, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

One of my concerns, among several, about the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., as well as our ability to mitigate the damage from an outbreak, is our crappy healthcare system. There are too many assholes who view … Continue reading →

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Buttigieg’s Centrist Healthcare Fantasy

Posted on February 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

It takes the worst parts of the ACA and…makes them worse. Many moons ago, some asshole with a blog told you that, based on the experience of Romneycare, the part that would be bad–because it was politically fraught because it … Continue reading →

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The Fierce Urgency of Healthcare

Posted on February 13, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Matthew Yglesias notes that Sanders, unlike Warren, is able to dodge the ‘how will you pay for it’ question regarding Medicare for All, but I don’t think Yglesias gets how Sanders do so. Yglesias (boldface mine): Sanders’ most obvious vulnerability … Continue reading →

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‘Affordable’ Healthcare: Predictable and Predicted

Posted on January 2, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

A while ago, the Washington Post wrote about this Gallup healthcare-related polling result: While they chalked it up in part to partisanship, as Democrats reported they were more likely to report they couldn’t afford to pay for healthcare, the Washington … Continue reading →

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Our Current Healthcare System Is a Bad Jobs Guarantee

Posted on December 24, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the problems I have with Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg is that he uses Republican talking points to attack proposals that are popular, in general and with Democrats. Partying like it’s 1999 lost its appeal long ago. Case in … Continue reading →

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Rep. Richard Neal Is Still Not Good

Posted on December 17, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

If you wondered why Democrats never moved with alacrity to get Trump’s tax returns, it’s largely due to the machinations of Democratic House Ways and Means committee chairman Richard Neal–and don’t think he got his position without the Democratic leadership’s … Continue reading →

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PAYGO Is Killing Us

Posted on December 11, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

In the ongoing saga in the U.S. to try to limit drug prices, we come across this little vignette about how our obsession with good Congressional Budget Office scores is killing us (boldface mine): Perhaps the strangest odyssey about the … Continue reading →

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Pharmacies Need to Be Part of Fighting Influenza

Posted on December 9, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

And right now, they aren’t (boldface mine): When adults want a flu shot, they have two choices: go to the doctor or go to a pharmacy. But in most states, laws prevent parents from just walking into a pharmacy and … Continue reading →

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Some People See Things as They Are and Ask, “Why?” Others Dream of Things that Never Were, and Ask…

Posted on December 2, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

…do they violate PAYGO spending caps? The obsession with deficits by our radical centrist political press corps and by too much of the Democratic Party is going to get us all killed. Or at least very miserable (boldface mine): When … Continue reading →

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