My feelings about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have shifted from optimism to outrage to excitement. At first I was encouraged that the law moved licensed alternative health care professionals into the mainstream medical workforce. These practitioners focus on disease prevention and helping the body heal itself. But the law didn’t go far enough to [...]
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It’s Not About the Mandate (Update 3)
Filed Under: health care reform Tagged With: ACA, Accountable Care Organizations, ACOs, Affordable Care Act, insurance mandate
How to Reduce the National Debt Without Killing People (Update 3)
Updated 7/19/11 Does anyone in Washington listen to common people? While our leaders have wasted time debating the national debt to score points toward the next election, Gallup says the underemployment rate has climbed to 18.3%. Though the unemployment rate has fallen to 8.7% from 9.2% this time last year, the number of part-time workers [...]
Filed Under: public policy Tagged With: Big Pharma, dietary supplements, drug companies, jobs, Medicaid, Medicare, national debt, social security, tax breaks, underemployment, unemployment