Tag Archives: health care

Doctor’s Orders

Posted by JD Thomas on February 20, 2009 in Techfun Comments Off

Republicans claim that the new stimulus law says the government will tell physicians what procedures can and can’t be performed. It doesn’t.

Despite Economic Downturn, Health Care Costs Keep Rising

Posted by JD Thomas on February 19, 2009 in Techfun 1 comment

Given the current economic crisis. one might think that with all the bargains available in cars and real estate, that there might be some to be had in employer sponsored health care costs. One would be wrong.

Bush by the Numbers

Posted by JD Thomas on December 16, 2008 in Techfun Comments Off

Back on December 7th, Propublica.com released an article called Bush by the Numbers that compared statistics that shape American lives before and after George W. Bush took office. They included data like National Debt on Election Day, Percentage of Americans without health insurance, and Average number of Superfund clean-ups completed per year. Some of the information is quite striking and say more about the state of the nation than a dozen editorial columns.

The reader response to the article was so good, they have released a second edition using suggestions from Propublica and Huffington Post readers.