Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-13 Thread Charlie Bell
On 13/09/2009, at 2:27 PM, Ray Ludenia wrote: The change of seasons is not as obvious here as it seemed to be in the States as we toured around last year. We don't go from ridiculous negative temperatures to extreme heat as for example in Colorado. It's gradually getting warmer now (the

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ray wrote: The change of seasons is not as obvious here as it seemed to be in the States as we toured around last year. We don't go from ridiculous negative temperatures to extreme heat as for example in Colorado. It's gradually getting warmer now (the low 20s C) and it looks like we might be

Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-13 Thread John Williams
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote: John Williams  wrote: http://american.com/archive/2009/august/maybe-we-should-spend-more-on-healthcare Yikes.  Let's first look at the source of the article, The American Enterprise Institute. Actually, the source of the

Health care reform: without a correct diagnosis, there is no cure

2009-09-13 Thread John Williams
Jeffrey S. Flier is Dean of Harvard Medical School. In the Journal of Clinical Investigation article referenced below, Flier offers his ideas on health care reform. http://www.jci.org/articles/view/41033 Flier identifies three root causes for the symptoms of America's health care ills: | First,

Re: From CNN: Democratic leaders in Congress soften on public option

2009-09-13 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: The Democratic leaders of the House and Senate on Thursday signaled their willingness to drop a government run public health insurance option from a final health-care bill.

Re: From CNN: Democratic leaders in Congress soften on public option

2009-09-13 Thread John Williams
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote: This seems unfortunately, since it certainly appears to me that the health care industry could benefit from more competition. I'm always in favor of more competition. But I think the best way to increase competition,

Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
John Williams wrote: Actually, the source of the article is the author, James V. DeLong. The publisher is The American, and the owner of the publisher is the American Enterprise Institute. The latter being one of the driving forces behind the failed conservative revolution and the miserable

Re: From CNN: Democratic leaders in Congress soften on public option

2009-09-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
John Williams wrote: [1] I know that reformers claim the government option would not be subsidized, but I find that extremely hard to believe. I'm afraid it would end up sucking down taxpayer money quite soon. Who's paying for the uninsured right now? Are we just telling them they are SOL