Monthly Archives: September 2009
Fear of competition
No sacrifice
Myrick well covered
Looking in: Easley land deal insults public’s intelligence.
Ground rules for NC budget process have to be clear
Holliman receives award from American Cancer Society
It’s the pits
Wedges and myths of the Right
When the folks on the Right aren’t spreading misinformation about President Obama’s health care proposals, they are busy trying to convince us that the federal stimulus package is not working in North Carolina and will cost the state jobs. Everything the government does is bad, remember. [Continue Reading...]
We should reject simplistic health care solutions
Here’s a simple concept with profound implications: our health care system is complicated.
Opponents of reform make hay about the size of Congressional bills to fix the health care system. They cut commercials that scare seniors. And industry-funded groups carpet bomb our email accounts with malicious lies about various provisions included in Congressional health care bills. This is all made possible because a complex system requires a complex fix. There’s no way around it.
Scandal stings ACORN in N.C.
Costly public plan
Seller’s market
Doctors give nod to public option
Glass half full is not enough
The legislative committee that keeps tabs on the state’s mental health system met Wednesday for the first since the state budget was passed. Committee members heard presentations by state officials that weren’t easy to decipher but seemed to portray the last few months as a glass half full, not half empty. [Continue Reading...]
