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Last night's FRONTLINE TV program on PBS about America's broken healthcare system was outstanding and is worth watching whether you're a concerned…
Apr 3, 2009The early messengers of health-care doom and socialism aren't looking so good. Start with Rick Scott, the disgraced former head of fraud-ridden…
Apr 3, 2009Stanford University's School of Medicine has just taken a huge step to build trust in its 1,200...
Apr 1, 2009Insurance companies love their free market, and corporations in general love the idea of competing against government, i.e. outsourcing government services to…
Mar 31, 2009Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, introducing a bill last week to cap credit card interest rates at 15%, quotes Dante and the…
Mar 31, 2009The following Op-Ed commentary was broadcast on the All Things Considered program on National Public Radio (NPR) on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.…
Mar 31, 2009Why can’t politicians just tell like it is? It seems that the more highly regarded the politician is, the better he or…
Mar 31, 2009"Pick Your Own Regulator" Plan Would Dismantle State Consumer Protections Santa Monica, CA -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's apparent support for…
Mar 31, 2009On Friday, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) spoke about his health care plan at the Center for American Progress. You can listen to…
Mar 31, 2009SAN DIEGO, CA -- Novocell, a small, privately held San Diego company, may have found new ways to make money from its…
Mar 31, 2009Apparently, if you're the CEO of an auto firm, you may have to sacrifice yourself to get another bailout. But many bank…
Mar 30, 2009Members of Congress have been heavily lobbied by the health care industry. Since 2005, the insurance industry has donated $2.2 million and…
Mar 28, 2009A security consultant has found more problems with Google Docs, a so called "cloud computing" application. The revelation by ...
Mar 26, 2009When we're talking about health insurance reform, the most important voice is often the one not invited to the table: the consumer. …
Mar 24, 2009A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office regulations that would curtail abusive behavior by…
Mar 23, 2009The president talked and joked easily with America from Jay Leno's couch last night, as close to a fire side chat as…
Mar 20, 2009Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top GOP politician in the health care reform debate, is positive that Americans don't need an option to…
Mar 19, 2009The fallout from the bonus scandal at AIG could help bring about a change in federal research funding policy that would benefit…
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