Letting "Old People" Die is Not a Good Way to Fund Health Care

Recently, prominent liberal health care mouthpiece and former Colorado Governor, Richard Lamm openly discussed rationing as a financial solution to help fund universal health care ("Better Health Care Through Rationing," The Huffington Post), or as he puts it, "“Old people...

Reich: The White House deal with Big Pharma undermines democracy

There are three or four policies that President Obama could and should include in health care reform. One of these is tort reform. Many doctors simply get out of practicing medicine because they cannot afford nor...

Questions and Answers on What to Do About Oil and Energy

Robert Reich sorts through energy policy and the hype over drilling the coasts, in a "Q & A" format."Answering questions posed by the media during an election campaign is like shouting down a well. Responses...

McCain Second on List of Most Powerful Americans

This article will be short, primarily because it deals with an item written by Robert Reich, the diminutive fellow — only 4′ 10″ to be exact — who served as Bill Clinton’s secretary of labor.In a post on...

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