- Harvard reports 45,000 people die every year due of the lack of healthcare. To put that in perspective, every 17 days, the same amount of casualties caused by 9/11 (2750) are caused by the lack of healthcare. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/harvard-medical-study-links-lack-of-insurance-to-45000-us-deaths-a-year/ 79 comments politics
- I'm glad you're supporting the bill Dennis, but did you look at yourself in the mirror before going to the press conference? Damn dude - all that's missing is the mustache. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/kucinich-switches-vote-on-health-care/?hp? 4 comments politics
- Deaths Rising for Lack of Insurance, Study Finds http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/deaths-rising-due-to-lack-of-insurance-study-finds/ 13 comments politics
- Several months ago, Reddit blasted the President for supposedly going back on his promise to televise all debates about healthcare reform. Today, he is meeting with members of Congress in a publicly televised debate about healthcare reform. I thought that this should be pointed out. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/blogging-the-health-care-summit/ 5 comments politics
- Responding to the Republican victory in Massachusetts, Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, is calling on Senate leaders to suspend any votes on the Democrats’ health care legislation until the winner in the special Senate election, Scott Brown, is sworn into office. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/webb-urges-a-halt-to-senate-health-care-votes/ 10 comments politics
- Nelson Requests Removal of His Problematical Medicaid Provision - Which Would Have Provided 100% Federal Funding for the State of Nebraska Alone - From Final Health Bill http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/nelson-requests-removal-of-nebraska-aid-from-senate-bill/ 3 comments politics
- Health Bill doesn't change drug ads http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/health-bill-doesnt-change-drug-ads/ 5 comments politics
- Single Pay Universal Health Care System - How Taiwan did it in less than a year. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/health-care-abroad-taiwan/ 51 comments reddit.com
- Outrageous: Tea-partyers pretend to be sick and die within "government waiting rooms" while in reality 20,000 Americans die each year because they are uninsured http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/protesters-to-die-in-the-senate/#more-16801 29 comments politics
- Testicle-Lacking Democrats Cave: Drop Public Option http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/senate-votes-down-effort-to-tighten-abortion-restrictions-in-health-bill/?hp 3 comments politics
- Mr. Cao (R-LA) says that he has no regrets about his vote. “If there is no first step, there could not be a second,” he said. “I believe that we have to take that first step. We have to go beyond partisan politics, and do what I believe is right for America.” http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/no-regrets-for-cao/?partner=rss&emc=rss 4 comments politics
- HEALTH CARE CRISIS: Pelosi allows "Christian mafia" Stupak's no-abortion-care amendment a floor vote. Call your representative and tell them to oppose it! http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/abortion-fight-erupts-in-health-care-debate/ 29 comments politics
- After Pelosi promised, she has decided to stab the progressive caucus in the back and not bring Rep. Anthony Weiners single payer bill to the floor for a vote. You suck Pelosi! http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/democrat-gives-up-a-pet-issue-to-streamline-house-vote/ 16 comments politics
- Helathcare Protest: "It’s a generally older crowd, many in their 50s and 60s" with healthcare and some of the same people warning of too much government spending also complained that Medicare does not provide sufficient coverage. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/on-the-hill-protesters-chant-kill-the-bill/?hp 4 comments politics
- Hey awesome. The Republicans crafted a health bill and it does amazing things like... well it won't really lower your premiums but at least it makes sure you're covered... oh wait... it doesn't do that either. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/budget-monitor-questions-impact-of-gop-health-bill/ 14 comments politics
- Uninsured children who wind up in the hospital are much more likely to die than children covered by either private or government insurance plans http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/lacking-insurance-hospitalized-children-more-likely-to-die/?partner=rss&emc=rss 8 comments politics
- Hospitalized Children Without Insurance Are 60% More Likely to Die, a Study Finds - at least 1,000 hospitalized children died each year simply because they lacked insurance http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/lacking-insurance-hospitalized-children-more-likely-to-die/?hpw 11 comments politics
- In a rare appearance as a witness at a Senate hearing, the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, on Wednesday told the Judiciary Committee that it should repeal a 1945 law that granted the insurance industry limited exemption to national antitrust laws by allowing states to regulate insurers. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/for-insurers-a-question-of-trust-and-antitrust/?partner=rss&emc=rss 26 comments politics
- Public option voted down in committee 8 to 15, "Democrats voting against the amendment were Mr. Conrad, Ms. Lincoln, Bill Nelson of Florida and Thomas Carper of Delaware." http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/live-blogging-senate-finance-committee-debate-on-public-option/ 197 comments politics
- Calling all residents from ND, OR, DE, MN, AR, FL, VA your senators will make or break the public option. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/group-aims-at-8-senators-for-public-option/ 106 comments politics
- Senator Orrin Hatch (R) Utah has proposed an amendment that would extend healthcare “transition relief” to any state with a name that begins with the letter U. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/clue-name-of-a-state-four-letters-starts-with-u/ 3 comments politics
- Baucus Says He'll Revise Plan, to Make Insurance More Affordable. To bad that there is no such thing as affordable healthcare when you're too sick to work. There must be a PUBLIC INSURANCE OPTION. http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/baucus-says-hell-revise-plan-to-make-insurance-more-affordable/ 8 comments politics
- The only way to both control costs and have universal comprehensive coverage is a single-payer system — a nonprofit, single-payer system. Nothing else will work http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/questions-for-dr-marcia-angell/ 26 comments politics
- "Following the speech, Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, approached lawmakers on the floor to ask who had accused Mr. Obama of lying. Mr. Emanuel was told it was Representative Wilson. His response: “No president ever has been treated like that, ever" http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/live-blogging-the-presidents-speech/?hp 92 comments politics
- The Japanese Helathcare Model. Japan has about the lowest per capita health care costs among the advanced nations of the world, and its population is the healthiest. (Its also one of the most egalitarian systems in the developed world) http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/health-care-abroad-japan/?hp 29 comments politics