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A look down the timeline of social legislation is mind-boggling. Unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and retirement benefits were all in place and yet, access to health care for all Americans remains the elusive prize, even today. No matter how many years pass, arguments for universal health care are the same, as are arguments against. Here [...]
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True story: Early in my career I worked for a life insurance company as a policyholder service representative. My specific area of expertise (and what led me into the pension business) was annuities and IRAs. The vast majority of my day was spent explaining to (justifiably) angry policyholders why their annuity was worth $225.00 or [...]
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This is augmentation to my earlier post on Adam Schiff’s town hall meeting last night regarding health care reform. I am posting these slideshows without comment, and with many thanks to the photographers who shared their images on Flickr.
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In wonderland, flowers grow to a 12-inch diameter and birth a second, guided by misty grey morning light and their DNA.
In another part of wonderland, homeless families hang back on the periphery of the Farmers’ Market, looking for whatever they might get from the kindness of strangers and merchants.
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From the Wall Street Journal Health Blog:
In a gloomy earnings season, there’s a bit of good news today from a couple corners of the health-care world: pharmacy giant CVS Caremark, and drug maker Watson Pharmaceuticals.
CVS reported higher net income in the fourth quarter and — perhaps more impressively — higher same-store sales for both prescription [...]
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