The Right Kind of Political Rhetoric in Massachusetts

Against the background of overheated, duplicitous rhetoric from the Republican right/Tea Party set, a recent op-ed by Massachusetts State S...

Ethics, Politics, and Health Care Reform (2)

So how can we understand the virulent backlash against the health reform legislation? I see two distinctive but inseparable sources for the ...

Insurance Changes from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

How Insurance Companies, Employers, and Insureds will fare under the PPAC Act Some of the legislators think the healthcare reform bill, sign...

How Hospitals will fare under the 2010 Public Health Service Act

Listening to some of the law makers you would think the healthcare reform bill, signed by President Obama was an apocalypse now, rather than...

The Big Day

With today's signing of the main health care reform bill by President Obama (photo above from WhiteHouse.gov ), I now officially put thi...

New Resources To Check Out!

Hi, While you seniors are intersessioning, you might want to check out the three new lectures that WHEP has created this year - Gender Diffe...

Obama Signed the most significant Healthcare Reform Bill since the Creation of Medicare

Whew! I must say I am surprised that any agreement was reached on a healthcare bill, but President Obama was presented with a bill and he si...

Ethics, Politics and Health Care Reform

Now that the House of Representatives has passed the health reform bill, it's a good moment to consider the relationship between ethics ...

Happy MATCH!!!

Congratulation WH Pathwayers (Maire, Edwina, Tikki, Orion, Caroline, Kristin, Neha, Nancy, Erin, Kelly and Jennifer) and Honorary Pathwayers...

Idaho Throws Down the Gauntlet on the Insurance Mandate

Yesterday Republican Governor Otter signed the " Idaho Health Freedom Act " - a bill whose purpose is: "[to codify] as state ...