by Rick Ray | Jun 21, 2009 | Learn
Today’s New York Times reports on a poll it conducted with CBS News. The poll found that most Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so everyone could have health insurance and that they said the government could do a better job of holding down...
by Rick Ray | Jun 15, 2009 | Learn
Sounding a lot like John Kizthaber, George Mason University economics professor Tyler Cowen wrote the following for the New York Times (June 13th, 2009): Something’s Got to Give in Medicare Spending MEDICARE expenditures threaten to crush the federal budget, yet the...
by Rick Ray | Jun 14, 2009 | Learn
This article, from today’s New York Times, needs no introduction. Here’s an excerpt: Roughly $2.5 trillion is at stake, the amount the nation spends each year on health care, nearly a fifth of the American economy. How that money is divided up — or...
by Rick Ray | May 14, 2009 | Learn
In his blog yesterday, former labor secretary Robert Reich demystified the recent headlines about Social Security and Medicare: What are we to make of yesterday’s report from the trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds that Social Security will...
by Rick Ray | Apr 21, 2009 | Learn
Powerful story in today’s New York Times about the role of community and friendship in long term health. Here’s an excerpt: In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful...
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