In case you haven’t seen it already, I have an opinion piece on health care reform in today’s Albuquerque Journal. With not one, but two, recent op-eds having appeared in the paper’s opinion pages on behalf of “Medicare for All,” it is a bit disappointing that the editor felt the need to run a “pro-reform” [...]
Read More Health Care, health care reform, public option, UncategorizedSpeaking Freely airs 9am to 10am on Saturdays. Jim and I will be discussing health care reform with Albuquerque-based doctor Torre Near, MD. Dr. Near recently wrote a great opinion piece on health care that appeared in the Albuquerque Journal. Tune in to the show and feel free to give us a call at 505-265-1550. [...]
Read More Health Care, health care reform, Rio Grande Foundation, Speaking FreelyI just got around to reading last Sunday’s Albuquerque Journal opinion section. There I saw a piece by Nick Mandel’s piece “Pension Envy Won’t Fix State Budget, Policy Woes.” As far as I could tell, the organization does not have a website, but the essence of Mandel’s argument is: 1) Yes, government pensions are far [...]
Read More Health Care, UncategorizedThose who advocate for government-run health care reform love to talk about how “simple” their plans are and how they are the ones restoring the patient-doctor relationship. The problem is that anytime government is involved in managing the economy, things get complicated…and fast. Here is a flow-chart illustrating how the House Democrats’ health care plan [...]
Read More bureaucracy, Health Care, health care reform, UncategorizedBrian Colón, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, and I took part in an online health care debate for the Albuquerque Journal last week. He essentially re-stated his opening remarks in an opinion piece on health care that appeared yesterday in the Journal. Unfortunately, while Colón is good at providing talking points [...]
Read More Health Care, UncategorizedIn case you missed it, as I blogged earlier this week, I took part in an online debate on health care that was sponsored by the Albuquerque Journal. Day four of the debate postings and comments are available here. If you enjoyed this, please let the Journal know and ask them to continue to invite [...]
Read More debate, Health Care, health care reform, public option, UncategorizedThis week the Albuquerque Journal is holding an online debate over the various health care issues now being debated in Congress. I was asked to participate along with Brian Colón, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, Todd Sandman of Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Dr. Vicki L. Perrigo, and lefty blogger Barbara Wold. Check [...]
Read More Health Care, UncategorizedI’ll give him credit, John R. Hall, writing in today’s Albuquerque Journal, knows how to push people’s buttons in support of universal health care. His argument goes something like this: Obama supports it, doctors support it, the American people support it. The only ones who don’t support “universal” health care are the big, nasty insurance [...]
Read More Health Care, UncategorizedProfessor Allen Parkman is a Professor of Management at University of New Mexico. In a recently-published opinion piece that appeared in the Albuquerque Journal, he explains in simple, clear detail, why health care costs have spiraled out of control over the years. As he puts it with regards to Obama’s proposed reform of our health [...]
Read More Health Care, UncategorizedAll too often, those who want to increase the amount of regulations and level of government in the health care sector are considered to be “reformers,” a term generally associated with improving on the flaws of a current, broken system. Several recent articles and letters appeared in the West Side edition of the Albuquerque Journal [...]
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