Chronically ill Americans suffer far worse care than their counterparts in seven other industrial nations, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation that has pioneered in international comparisons. It is the latest telling evidence that the dysfunctional American health care system badly needs reform.
Archive for November, 2008
The Wrong Place to Be Chronically Ill
Posted in health care, sorrow on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in happiness, politics on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Readers
Posted in brainiac on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Technologically speaking, I’m always a little behind the times (not to mention other facets of life). But I’m a recent convert to Google Reader. I love logging in to check out what people I’m interested in are saying, without all the clicks. Maybe laziness drives me? Probably. I’m just saying: Google Reader rocks.
Rich on the Big Victory
Posted in politics on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I think I’m on the outside when it comes to most progressives’ opinion of Frank Rich: I could take or leave him. His prose is a bit too jump-up-and-down-arms-waving for me. But the editorial in today’s Times really does it for me.
For eight years, we’ve been told by those in power that we are small, [...]
