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15 Ratings
626 Views
23 Comments

Our National Health

MARCH 27, 2012 12:34PM

Topics: health insurance, health care, arguments, oral arguments, hearings, supreme court, court, politics, i like obamacare, our national health, our nation's health, ultrasound, morality, abortion, einstein, obamacare, obama, constitutional, constitution, mandate, coverage

22 Ratings
758 Views
65 Comments

Church-Related Employers Must Cover Women's Contraception

JANUARY 22, 2012 8:13AM

By Jonathan Wolfman

Topics: overall economy, community relations, hiring, diversity, us bishops, women's contraception, coverage, health insurance, women's health

18 Ratings
2805 Views
28 Comments

Al Jazeera Shocks with Disappointing Lara Logan Coverage

FEBRUARY 18, 2011 9:45AM

By Catherine Forsythe

Topics: coverage, journalism, egypt, al jazeera, news, lara logan

5 Ratings
294 Views
5 Comments

Pew: 'Mosque Debate Tops Coverage, But Not News Interest'

AUGUST 26, 2010 8:52PM

By Progressive Liberal

Topics: coverage, media, america, usa, pew research, oil spill, ground zero mosque, nyc, community center, islam, politics, open+call, news, belief/religion

8 Ratings
1012 Views
8 Comments

Media & Race: Does It Matter If Reid Said It the Wrong Way?

JANUARY 12, 2010 10:56AM

By Kevin Gosztola

Topics: obama, reid, negro, outrage, joe biden, remarks, racism, racist, african american, media, coverage, game change, access, journalism, pundits, maddow, fox news, msnbc, cnn, clinton, democrats, republicans, barack obama

7 Ratings
790 Views
8 Comments

A Day of Difficulty in Remembering

NOVEMBER 12, 2009 1:23AM

By Kent Pitman

Topics: memory, remember, memorial, rachel maddow, maddow, coburn, senator coburn, tom coburn, unfunded, funded, veterans, vets, health care, detached, coverage, boredom, disinterest, interest, salutes, flags, back-door draft, draft, war, politics

14 Ratings
1410 Views
30 Comments

Health Insurance: A Modest Proposal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 9:06AM

By Kent Pitman

Topics: motivation, libertarian, constitutional amendment, term limits, private coverage, additional coverage, coverage, responsibility, catastrophe, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government, regulation, society, universal care, universal, lobbying, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, capitalism, capitalist, socialism, socialist, single payer, same boat, afflict the comfortable, every man for himself, one for all, all for one, equality, health insurance, medical insurance, health care, medical care, care, medical, medicine, politics

8 Ratings
1422 Views
17 Comments

Medical Transparency: The Siren’s Call

AUGUST 26, 2009 9:37AM

By Kent Pitman

Topics: actuarial, insured, insure, catastrophic, catastrophe, incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, tom coburn, coburn, meet the press, religious, religion, personal responsibility, responsibility, medical savings account, medical savings, savings, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, r&d, research, technology, science, health care, health, medical care, medicine, politics, kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy

15 Ratings
2758 Views
37 Comments

Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22

AUGUST 22, 2009 4:43PM

By Kent Pitman

Topics: incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, unseen hand, eligibility, existing condition, pre-existing condition, exclusion, exclude, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, health care, health, medical care, medicine, irresolvable, conflicting, unhelpful, hypocrite, hypocrisy, overconstrained, paradoxical, paradox, conundrum, impossible bind, double bind, catch-22, politics

1 Ratings
684 Views
2 Comments

CNN's Hologram Skewered By Light Sabre

NOVEMBER 5, 2008 6:17PM

By Joe Cantwell

Topics: princess leia, hologram, jessica yellin, election, cnn, news, coverage, wolf blitzer, star wars, media