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• What's "less"? And is it better?

  If the boss offered you steeply discounted or free medications for asthma, diabetes, hypertension, depression and other common chronic conditions, would you sign up for that insurance? Would you sign up if it meant you'd have to pay sizable additional Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:56 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Fresno County, Federal Reserve Board, Evraz Oregon Steel, Tom Berryhill, Kaiser Health News, USA Today

• Reform? Reckoning? Go figure

  Binge, purge. Hydrate, dehydrate. The Humpty Dumpty we call a health care system is about to see its shell of functionality fractured and re-glued. This is Tetris meets Rubik's Cube. California has a $24 billion deficit. Yet the speaker pro tem, Darrell Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:38 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: health care reform, Community Medical Centers, California budget deficit, Tetris, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Federal Reserve Board, President Barack Obama, Charlie Brown, Humpty Dumpty, Rubik's Cube, Darrell Steinberg, Council of Economic Advisers, Ben Bernanke

• Too old for surgery? When?

  An 87-year-old relative enjoyed the holidays, rejuvenated after a heart procedure. A 90-year-old relative made plane reservations to San Diego, had gastric surgery, didn't make it. Medical judgment, personal choice, health care economics, faith, hope, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:46 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Sacramento Bee, UC Davis, geriatrician, Federal Reserve Board, medical ethics, Hastings Center, Dr. Daniel Callahan