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Health Care Archive
The Politics of Birth: How I Learned the True Meaning of “Reproductive Rights”
Posted on June 10, 2010 | 19 CommentsToday, June 10, marks a landmark in reproductive rights and women’s sexual independence — the 50th anniversary of the debut of the Pill. Somewhat embarrassingly, my perspective of reproductive rights...
A Socialist Primer: Rick Perry, Health Care & the Governor’s Race
Posted on March 29, 2010 | 5 CommentsI’m wondering what it’s going to take for my former colleagues in the Texas press corps to call out Rick Perry for using the term “socialism” over-and-over to describe the...
The State of Massachusetts
Posted on January 29, 2010 | 2 CommentsI sit here in a coffee shop in idyllic Beverly, Massachusetts—birthplace of the American Navy–a little town just outside of Boston. I’m here to visit my friend “Veronica.” She’s a...
The Senator’s Letter
Posted on January 8, 2010 | 11 CommentsIt all started with an email from John Cornyn in my inbox, explaining why he was going to fight to the end to protect me from health reform. Where did...
Is the Health Care Debate Ruining Our Health?
Posted on December 9, 2009 | 7 CommentsIf you feel like I do, the ongoing health care debate has been confusing, wrenching and alienating. Such stress is, the docs tell us, bad for our health. So the...
False Positives and Negatives in Health Care
Posted on December 4, 2009 | 4 CommentsMost doctors recommend regular checkups for their patients. A physical is designed to screen for the issues that most commonly threaten our health; often this involves doing lab tests, x-rays,...
How to Find Bargains in Health Care
Posted on November 18, 2009 | 4 CommentsHere are some cost-saving ideas patients can take to their doctors for physicals, lab tests, and more
South Austin Community Acupuncture: the Other Health Care Revolution
Posted on November 17, 2009 | 2 CommentsIn the halls of Congress, politicians debate health care reform as the American public waits anxiously and often skeptically to see how things turn out. In South Austin, the folks...
One Doctor’s Orders: 8 Ways to Treat Health-Care Reform
Posted on September 28, 2009 | 2 CommentsOur health care system is in critical condition, and Congress and the Obama administration have the opportunity to put it back in the recovery room. Here are the key issues I would like to see in a final health care bill.
The Reality Check Checkup
Posted on September 15, 2009 | No CommentsOur bodies act as vehicles, and as with most vehicles, there are maintenance schedules that, if followed, can ensure them to remain in the best possible shape for as long...