Month: December 2009

financial press shocker

The New York Times outdoes itself in hard hitting financial reporting today, some current and former Goldman executives say Mr. Blankfein has built a money machine that, while it still values its customers, culture and...

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I got your health care rationing

Don’t worry, it’s not too long a tale. It’s not even all that terrible in the great scheme of things. It is however, typical of how we dispense health care in America today, or should I say fail to do so. Some people...

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Obama’s Promise on Drugs for Less Profit

. Drugmakers Stave Off Cheaper Imports in Senate Vote Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — Drugmakers such as Eli Lilly & Co. staved off a possible influx of cheaper medicines from Canada and other nations as the U.S. Senate voted...

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A Bird’s Eye View

Setting aside the merits of the Senate health care reform bill for a moment, I think it’s almost funny to watch the people who fought so hard to see that Harry Reid include an opt-out public option in the base bill prior...

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Spiteful Joe

I don’t think it is betraying any confidences to divulge that I received an email from Atrios about ten days ago or so where he suggested that we really ought not to show any enthusiasm for the Medicare Buy-In plan lest...

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