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Which Public Is That?

By Tom Sullivan
November 6, 2009

The Beltway cognoscenti keep telling us that a bipartisan solution to health care reform is what the public wants. Just what public is it that's more interested in process than results?

Conventional wisdom says that Obama has failed to make Washington more bipartisan if Democrats ram through a health reform bill without Republican support. more »

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Lucky or Good?

By Tom Sullivan
November 2, 2009

The congressman’s staffer said her goodbyes and left the service desk. The cashier, pleasant-looking and about fifty, had listened to the health care conversation from behind the counter. Now that it was just the two of them, she opened up to my wife.

It has been a bad three years. She had been healthy, she said, until she developed a blood disorder. more »

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The Public Necessity

By Tom Sullivan
October 26, 2009

The health care debate – with its leaks, mixed signals and close-to-the-vest dealing – has reform supporters losing their cool while Obama, infuriatingly, maintains his. The uncertainty has strained the tenuous loyalties of a fickle American left. How much talk about "triggers" is real, how much is process, and how much is rope-a-dope? more »

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What Civilized Country Operates Like This?

By Tom Sullivan
October 13, 2009

You have seen it. The plastic bucket beside the cash register at the convenience store. A photo is taped to it. A child needs an operation. His father lost his job. The family lost its insurance. They are about to lose their home. Can you spare some change? more »

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If You Like Medical Bills, You’ll Love These

By Tom Sullivan
September 21, 2009

Activists in the blogosphere are studying well over 500 amendments to Sen. more »

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What Does Happen Here

By Tom Sullivan
September 14, 2009

Last weekend, tens of thousands of health reform protesters prompted by Glenn Beck descended on Washington. They fear America is turning fascist because Barack Obama wants health insurance reform that reduces cost, guarantees choice, and is affordable and high quality for every American.

Diabolical. more »

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It’s The People Who Got Small

By Tom Sullivan
August 10, 2009

The organized intimidation and minor violence at health care town halls around the country is cause for concern. Sara Robinson asks the question, Is it fascism yet? more »

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Death Tax for the Rest of Us

By Tom Sullivan
July 9, 2009

Art and Edna (not their real names) are long-retired and both are having memory and other health troubles. Their son and daughter-in-law have taken them in to see to their care. Even in a down market, Art and Edna’s small home in Florida sold quickly. Too quickly. more »

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Bringing Wellness to an Insurance Fight

By Tom Sullivan
June 28, 2009

Twice now, when asked his position on single-payer health care or a public option, our congressman launched into a dissertation on the problems of junk food and childhood obesity, and how wellness must be part of any health care reform. [Full disclosure: I worked on his first campaign.]

The first time, it just seemed like a pretty odd segue. more »

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Not the Health Care Co-ops They Had in Mind

By Tom Sullivan
June 17, 2009

Efforts continue in the Senate to water down any public health insurance option included in comprehensive health care reform, regardless of what 83% of the American public wants. more »

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