One of the most-read posts here on Occasional Planet continues to be “President Obama’s 244 accomplishments.” Since it first appeared in 2010, that post
Category: Health care
Kudos to Pelosi for urging Obama to run against Congress
Progressives are all too familiar with Barack Obama’s desire, upon assuming the presidency, to want to work collaboratively with Congress. Indeed, he did have
The continuing shame of healthcare for Native Americans
American Indians and Alaska Natives die at higher rates than other Americans from tuberculosis (500% higher), alcoholism (514% higher), diabetes (177% higher), unintentional injuries
Obama’s Facebook-like maneuvers confound liberals
It might seem like an odd analogy, but the more that I view some of the policy changes by President Barack Obama, the more
2.5 million new reasons to love “Obamacare”
I’m not qualified to say whether the individual mandate of the 2010 Affordable Care Act [ACA] is constitutional, but I am pretty certain that
Single payer, job creator
Maybe I didn’t get the memo, but I don’t recall seeing much airtime/ink/bandwidth devoted to discussing single-payer healthcare as a jobs program. And that’s
Montana governor wants single-payer, too
Add Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to the short [so far] list of state leaders who think single-payer health care is the way to go
Healthcare history: Hospice care
Although the first American hospice specializing in care for dying patients opened in 1974, the concept is far from new. In the ancient Tibetan
1 million more young adults now have health insurance under ACA
More evidence that President Obama’s healthcare reform program is beneficial: Since the Affordable Care Act went into effect, young adults—who typically are the least
Benzos: more dangerous than the conditions they treat?
Benzodiazepines may be the most dangerous drugs in the world. Benzos, as they’re commonly called, were introduced as anti-seizure medications in the mid-1970s. One