Tag / health care
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The Risks of the Public Option
In early July, the health policy community heard a familiar proposal from familiar voices. After some restraint, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton promoted a public option insurance plan in every state as a key pillar of her health care platform, a provision that appeals to Senator Bernie Sander’s progressive base as a step toward a…
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Ayurveda in the Modern World: Traditionally Effective, or Effectively Traditional?
BY SERENA LEKAWA For many, the word “Ayurveda” might bring to mind things like acupuncture, yoga (pants) and the smell of burning incense. Some might imagine hippie-healers sitting cross-legged on the floor, feeling each other’s energies and holding each others’ hands. Others still may imagine someone with a Staten Island accent sneezing through the word…
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Romney’s Emergency Room Flip
Last night on 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley asked Mitt Romney whether the federal government has a responsibility to cover the uninsured: Pelley: Does the government have a responsibility to provide health care to the 50 million Americans who don’t have it today? Romney: Well, we do provide care for people who don’t have insurance, people–…
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Why Roberts Still Won
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. Justice Kennedy was supposed to be “the decider”, according to the cover of this week’s Time. Not Roberts, not the conservative workhorse Republicans love and Democrats love to hate. Yet there it is; 59 pages in which Chief Justice Roberts upheld the most liberal social reform since the…
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Keeping Up With the Supreme Court
Forget following the latest, minute details from the Obama and Romney campaigns and continue to ignore the most recent debate (or debacle) emerging from Congress. This June, it is time for the third branch of the U.S. government to shine. Or to fail, depending on the political viewpoint. From both…
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MayoCare
Our country is constantly asked to make a choice between the moral imperative of providing equitable healthcare and the financial reality of receiving medical care in America. Hospitals are operating inefficiently, and basic care is extremely expensive, increasing the financial burden on the patient. When people can’t pay for their care, they go to emergency…
