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Obamacare's Teachable Moment Apr. 20, 2016
On Monday, House Republicans promised a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare within a month. It's no... Read More
Bernie Sanders Should Stick to the High Road Apr. 05, 2016
Bernie Sanders started his campaign stumping for his ideals without savaging the likely Democratic n... Read More
The Trump Riddle Wrapped Up in an Enigma Mar. 31, 2016
The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, businessman Donald Trump, has been call... Read More
The Difference Between Trump and Clinton Mar. 31, 2016
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Toward the end of his rally here, Donald Trump took some questions from the... Read More
Clinton's Phony Health Care Fixes Mar. 30, 2016
The Clinton campaign is finally owning up to what most Americans learned the hard way. The Affordabl... Read More
There Has to Be a Better Way to Pay for Health Care Mar. 15, 2016
Late last year, while playing tennis, I reached up to serve and felt a painful pop in my shoulder. T... Read More
Obama Administration Breaks Law to Enrich Health Insurers Feb. 24, 2016
The Obama administration will tell any lie and break any law to prevent the president's signature he... Read More
For Sanders and Clinton, Politics Are Personal Feb. 19, 2016
Could the clash between Clintonian "realism" and Sandersian "idealism" come down to personal history... Read More
Boehner's Saddest Surrender Oct. 28, 2015
"This attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country must not stand and will n... Read More
Policy Reform That Comes From Outside (and in Spite of) Washington Oct. 06, 2015
Not all important public policy reforms come from Washington. Really lasting reforms can percolate f... Read More
Obamacare After Obama Sep. 22, 2015
The morning of the recent Republican debate, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the number of unin... Read More
Will Sacramento Enact This Bad End-of-Life Bill? Sep. 15, 2015
California Gov. Jerry Brown convened a special session of the Legislature to fix a $1 billion shortf... Read More
High-Deductible Health Insurance Sep. 09, 2015
Dear Mr. Berko: What will it cost my healthy son and his wife if they don't buy a high-deductible he... Read More
Reform, Replace, Restart or Innovate? Aug. 27, 2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker recently released his replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act and j... Read More
America's Coming Transfer of Wealth Jun. 25, 2015
Does it seem as if some lawmakers have the attention span of a toddler? Several years ago, concerns ... Read More
Will Suicide Bill Die a Natural Death? Jun. 25, 2015
When SB 128, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, passed the... Read More
Too Many People Still Go to the ER Jun. 23, 2015
On a recent Saturday morning, I drove a good friend from her health club to an emergency room at a n... Read More
Sacramento's Idea of Health: Undocumented Welcome Jun. 14, 2015
"There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is... Read More
The Con of Certificate of Need Laws Jun. 11, 2015
If I got a dollar each time the federal or state government promised that new regulations of the hea... Read More
Only Democrats Are to Blame for Obamacare Chaos Jun. 05, 2015
If the Supreme Court were to decide not to allow retroactive legislating and uphold Obamacare as wri... Read More
