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Death Panel

August 17th, 2009 | 15 Comments

The reports that the health care reform plans moving through Congress contained a so-called “death panel,” which would have encouraged or allowed euthanasia, are complete falsehoods. Unfortunately, although the rumors deserve a swift death, there doesn’t seem to be any mechanism in the current health care debate to kill them. What was contained in the [...]

Claims Denied

July 16th, 2009 | 4 Comments

Rerun

June 4th, 2009 | 17 Comments

I admit that I (along with tens of millions of other Americans) have a big stake in the issue of health care reform. When the Rocky folded, I lost not only my income, I also lost my health insurance, 80% of which had been paid for by the company. Yes, I took COBRA, which is [...]