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Congress Voting "No" on Political Courage

Andrew Gelman, a professor of statistics and political science at Columbia, and Daniel Lee, a research associate at the Applied Statistics Center, also at Columbia, joined with Nate Silver, the fou

Big Pharma wants it all

The LA Times is reporting that the pharmaceutical industry is preparing to take on Congress over provisions in the House bill and proposals in the Senate which restrict their profits (find the stor

A Self-Inflicted Wound

Robert Samuelson (Washington Post columnist) in a piece printed in the Deseret News states that the health bills wending their way through Congress do not represent reform of our health system, but

Punting on Tough Choices

David Broder's op ed piece, which ran in the Salt Lake Tribune (find it here) describes the current congressional health reform proposals in

Big Pharma Hates the House Bill

The Huffington Post carries a story that Big Pharma will oppose health reform legislation if it remains similar to the House bill (find the story

Falling Far Short of Reform

David Leonhardt of the NY Times writes (again) about the failure of current Congressional (specifically from the House) proposals for health system reform to effect meaningful change (find it

Bipartisan Failure

Early this week the Washington Post reviewed the Republican health system reform alternative (find it

Off Label Marketing: Criminal Big Pharma

Bloomberg.com reporter David Evans has written a detailed article about the illegal practices of many major pharmaceutical firms in the arena of off-label marketing of prescription medications (fin

Light On Reform

In a NY Times article (find it here) Sen.

A Moment of Truth for American Health Care

NY Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof just published an opinion piece filled with facts that every American should know about our health care system.