Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Don’t understand why some conservatives want to repeal Obamacare? Read on.

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OK, some of the conservatives who are arguing to repeal the ACA are heartless opportunists.  But all of them?  Probably not.  So, what minds...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Two questions: Trump’s supporters? Trump?

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Have you ever been so mad that you took a whack at something?  Maybe physically, like pounding the wall or slamming the door?  Or maybe verb...
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

November 8, 2016: What I know. What I don’t know. What I need to find out.

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I am still a bit stunned by the election.  Did we really do that?  Is this really the country I thought I had been living in?  How do I make...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Revisiting the "urge to care for the other"

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I am redoing one of the classes I teach at Loyola, on “Health Care in America.”  I have decided to start the class with a more rousing call ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

What the hell is going on? Globalization plus austerity.

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It does feel like events in Europe, with the decision to Leave and the rise of nationalist, right-wing movements, are similar to what is hap...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Vouching for healthcare, Part 5

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Vouching for healthcare, Part 5 Many years ago, when Calabresi and Bobbitt wrote Tragic Choices , they said that whether you allocate resour...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

If healthcare is a right, where does it come from? And what should we do about it?

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I believe in a right to health care.  I think this is one of a number of birthrights that attach to all children.  And everyone I have ever ...
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