I’ve got an Op Ed in yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer. Here’s the complete text:
America’s artists: Canaries in the health-care mine
America’s two million artists understand what it means to be a worker in the 21st century, independent, untethered, and mostly expected to fend for themselves.
So for them, the number of uninsured Americans isn’t an abstract statistic. It’s [...]
The Obama administration is looking for personal stories about the need for health care reform. This is a great opportunity to ensure that the arts community isn’t left out of this debate.
Remember that not all health care reform proposals are created equal. Some - such as those designed to expand employer-based coverage - would actually [...]
My apologies for another wonky health insurance post hot on the heels of the last one, but when there’s a major newspaper op ed on a subject I’ve been ranting about for years I can’t resist…
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Congressman Ed Royce (R., Calif) makes the case for federal regulation of the insurance [...]
I realize that I’m a healthcare policy nerd and that most folks find this stuff boring and impenetrable. That’s one reason why organizations like Fractured Atlas are needed; we deal with the esoteric minutia so you don’t have to.
Still, it never hurts to educate yourself, especially with an election coming up. The [...]
It’s not often that events in the auto industry have a major long-term impact on the arts community. However it’s worth taking note of the groundbreaking new contract that GM just signed with the UAW. As this morning’s Wall Street Journal reports:
The labor agreement reached by General Motors Corp. is the most striking [...]
The MIT economist, Jonathan Gruber, who consulted on the creation of the Massachusetts healthcare reform plan and who is now working with California on their plan has released a nationalized version of the Massachusetts model.
I’m very impressed with what they’ve been able to pull off politically in Massachusetts, but I do have some serious concerns: [...]
There’s little question in my mind that the maelstrom of health care reform proposals we’re suddenly seeing from every corner of the political and business landscape is starting to converge on a two key concepts: 1) universal coverage backed by individual mandates and 2) some kind of public/private hybrid approach that allows the mighty insurance [...]
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