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Craig Stoltz

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posted 05/27/2008, comments (0)

Yes, but What Do Doctors Want?

With the general election between a single Democrat and Republican about to begin, the American Medical Association has taken a good look at insurance mandates--you know, the issue of whether people should be required to buy health insurance.   GOP presumptive nominee John McCain opposes mandates. The Democrats' virtually-presumptive... Read moreChevron
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posted 05/19/2008, comments (0)

The Candidates on Childhood Obesity

The Washington Post has published a spectacular piece of journalism about the childhood obesity crisis. No one intersted in public or personal healthcare issues should miss it. No parent should be left behind without reading it.   The multi-day feature includes explainers about the biology of childhood obesity, a timeline showing how we got... Read moreChevron
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posted 05/15/2008, comments (0)

A (Plausible) Plan for (Nearly) Universal Care

With the general election about to begin, one issue certain to divide the Democrat nominee and Republican John McCain is "universal" healthcare. The Democrat will support it. McCain will not. The divisive matters: Cost, complexity and the role of private and public entities.   All of which are addressed in a new report on universal... Read moreChevron
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posted 05/14/2008, comment (1)

Engaging the Guitar Hero Health Care Generation

So I'm supposed to be writing about candidates and their health care plans. As often happens in the last year before a Presidential election, reporters and bloggers have fallen into a rut.   Don't fault us for it - it's a well established pattern. When candidates show signs of burnout, as evidenced by boring speeches and attacks on... Read moreChevron
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posted 05/09/2008, comments (0)

The Best Health Care in the World?

Trudy Lieberman of Columbia Journalism Review has an excellent article which scrutinizes John McCain's often-repeated claim that the United States has "the best healthcare in the world."   She writes:   The Commonwealth Fund, which each year compares the U.S. system to those of other countries, has found serious shortcomings in the... Read moreChevron
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