It’s Health Care, Not Software

It’s Health Care, Not Software

So the Affordable Care Act didn’t exactly deliver the greatest website. What did we get after all those years of haggling? Only health insurance for 9 million people (and counting) who didn’t have it before. Only an end to pre-existing medical conditions...
The Unaffordable WeDon’tCare Act

The Unaffordable WeDon’tCare Act

Remember when it looked like the Republican Party could do nothing but stamp its feet and shout about the Affordable Care Act’s shortcomings without coming up with any alternatives? OK, there was former Sen. Jim DeMint’s suggestion last summer that having...
Why I’m Breathing Easier in 2014

Why I’m Breathing Easier in 2014

For the first time in years, I’ve got health insurance. Before now, my “insurance” was nothing more than exercise, a healthy diet, and medicinal herbs. I’ve gotten insured through the Affordable Care Act without dealing with a buggy website...
This California Scheme Is Bad for Your Health

This California Scheme Is Bad for Your Health

In this wicked world of woe, there are hucksters, flimflammers, plain ol’ crooks…and Republican members of the California Assembly. This last bunch of scoundrels went out of their way to monkeywrench the rollout of President Barack Obama’s Affordable...