Tag Archives: Health Insurance Reform

Response to Robert Gebelhoff Editorial – Progressives can’t be trusted with Medicare-for-all

Posted on 3 January, 2019 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Mr. Gebelhoff, an assistant editor and opinions contributor for the Washington Post, published the above-cited piece today, 3 January, 2019. I detail the URL for the piece below, and then detail a brief criticism laying out why … Continue reading →

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It Matters: The Individual Mandate

Posted on 4 April, 2018 by AJ Layon

It appears that, barring some action by the Courts, the Republican Tax “Reform” will become law. While there is much to criticize about this bill, including the massive transfer of wealth from the middle and working class to the rich, … Continue reading →

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A Poor Neighborhood In Chicago Looks To Cuba To Fight Infant Mortality

Posted on 12 January, 2018 by AJ Layon

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By Miles Bryan, WBEZ JANUARY 10, 2018 REPUBLISH THIS STORY Dr. Kathy Tossas-Milligan (left), an epidemiologist with the University of Illinois at Chicago, interviews Yolanda Flowers as part of a pilot project to study the high infant mortality rate in … Continue reading →

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The Graham-Cassidy Bill: Yet another Attempt to Remove Health Care from Americans and Cut Taxes for the Rich

Posted on 22 September, 2017 by AJ Layon

It had been my intention to write a multi-part series on Health Systems as a way to lead into further discussion about the direction our health system should take. There are also issues related to women’s health, the opiate crisis, … Continue reading →

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The Health System of the United States of America – Can We Do Better than This ? A Five Part Series

Posted on 20 September, 2017 by AJ Layon

Part 1 (857 words)   “There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”   Those over a certain age will remember this phrase from then Presidential-candidate … Continue reading →

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The Collapse of “Repeal and Replace” and “Just Repeal” – Was There Ever a Plan ?

Posted on 4 August, 2017 by AJ Layon

Now we know. Despite eight years calling for repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Messers McConnell (R-KY), Ryan (R-WI) and colleagues had no plan, actually no clue, of what to do. This is unsurprising. The ACA is an amalgam … Continue reading →

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This Man Has No Sense of Irony

Posted on 4 July, 2017 by AJ Layon

In Britain this morning, there is an 11-month old child named Charlie Gard with a genetic disease that condemns him to death. The disorder, Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome (MDS), is a group of disorders caused by abnormalities in various genes … Continue reading →

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Why Has the Senate Kept Us in the Dark about the American Health Care Act ?

Posted on 27 June, 2017 by AJ Layon

The House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act of 2017 (House Resolution 1628) on 4 May 2017. While the Senate is in the process of re-writing this legislation, it is being done completely in secrecy. Democrats, Independents and … Continue reading →

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Maybe Death Isn’t All That Bad: Trump’s Budget Proposal Slashes Spending by $3.6 Trillion Over 10 years – Guess Who Pays ?

Posted on 29 May, 2017 by AJ Layon

The “oil spot” theory of counter-insurgency asserts, in brief, that if we take an area and make it safe for the population, the effect of this improved safety would spread beyond the confines of the area made safe(er), kind of … Continue reading →

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“Repeal and Replace” is a Lie, it is Simply “Destroy and Enrich”

Posted on 21 May, 2017 by AJ Layon

There is an old political truism that one should never impute intent on the actions of one’s opponents; that they are honorable people with whom one has, simply enough, policy disagreements. This truism does not hold with the Republican ACA … Continue reading →

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