The San Francisco Chronicle’s Carolyn Lochhead — never my favorite reporter on social issues — has a long piece today on health reform that asserts: It will mean higher taxes and, potentially, lower benefits for many people. It will mean … Continue reading
…and as a companion piece on the web, a look at how insurance pools are supposed to work, and why so far they haven’t: One of the keys to the various health reform plans kicking around Washington is “pooling.” The … Continue reading
My latest assessment of likely health care reform plans in Congress is out in Fortune Small Business, and on the web at CNNMoney.com: Barack Obama made health-care reform a central promise of his presidential campaign. But the shape any change … Continue reading
Geared toward small-business owners, but a worthwhile overview of coming legislation for the general public as well. I tackle health care, taxes, and credit cards: Health care: Still on the critical list Last year: The cost of providing health insurance … Continue reading
One of my first published articles was about legal battles over anti-abortion protests outside women’s clinics. (If you’re expecting a hotlink here, you severely underestimate how old I am.) Nearly 20 years later, not a whole lot has changed: The … Continue reading
The headline pretty much says it all: Obama’s and McCain’s health care proposals have gotten plenty of ink, but whatever health reform we get isn’t likely to look much like either once Congress gets done with it. In his Democratic … Continue reading