Thought Rationing

New Republic by Jonathan Chait | Jul. 9, 2009 (Opinion)

Two weeks ago, President Obama offered to cut several hundred billion more dollars out of the Medicare and Medicaid budget to help make room for health care reform. This sort of gesture ought to appeal to conservatives, right? Apparently not. The Heritage Foundation warned, "At a time when Medicare is dangerously close to bankruptcy, it is shortsighted to funnel funds into the creation of another government-run program instead of shoring up Medicare." A ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jul 8, 2009 - 10:32 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Samuel W. Velsor IV (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jul 9, 2009 - 12:33 AM PDT
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 11, 2009

Interesting opinion piece on how Republicans differ from Democrats on the issue of cutting back Medicare funding. The author points out that some conservatives like the Heritage Foundation oppose these cutbacks, in an unexpected twist to the healthcare debate. His own political viewpoint is quite clear and this article is not impartial by any means, but his observations seem generally sound.

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Jul. 12, 2009

While I agree with virtually everything in this story, I don't see the evidence behind it, making it poor journalism.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Jul. 9, 2009
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 9, 2009

Conservatives CERtainly have understandable ideological reasons to oppose the Obama health care reform as a whole. It’s the particulars of their opposition that ... More »

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Samuel W. Velsor IV
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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 9, 2009

An outstanding slam at the far right and correctly so.

I am so mad at the Republicans and their continued support of big companies and their huge profits at the cost of government and importantly the American public. If we do not control Health Care, the whole GDP balance is in peril.

The U.S. health care system, as you probably realize, is a vast cesspool of waste. We spend nearly twice as much on health care as the average advanced country and have no ... More »

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