…impossible—uniting the Canadian center-left. Update: CT has a post from Tom Slee that discusses everyone except the elephant in the room, with more joie de vivre than I did (but…

Spent the morning at this event: presentations and discussion by Joe Stiglitz, Yves Smith, Mike Konczal, Joe Gagnon, Matt Yglesias, Tom Palley, and many others. Mike K. tole me he…

…age where a few visits a year is strongly suggested. Tom or Rebecca, by contrast, go in once (if at all) and otherwise when they are unhealthy.[3] It seems intuitive…

…likely the final regs will not be published until fall, and these ACOs are supposed to be operating January 1, 2012. This is a tight timeline. Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt…

…post, it will still have been one. Musical accompaniment: Tom T. Hall, of course. *For whom Mike Mandel took a picture of Tyler and Natasha Cowen at last week’s Kauffman…

…The interagency working group released a report late last week. A PDF of the report is here. Probably more comments after I read it in full. Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt…

…regulatory details. Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt (Dan here…lest opponents of PPACA get too excited, Rusty thinks the idea and some of the details of C.L.A.S.S. are a really good idea…)…

…respect resources and reduce waste; reinvest where investment counts; measure and manage outcomes partially through electronic health records; and establish a solid health care workforce foundation Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt…

…If you have a high performance student athlete pay for a thorough physical and have a discussion with the physician on the advisability of an EKG.) Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt…

…the more clear it becomes that his efforts are not expected to succeed.) Again, I premise this on the idea that Tom Friedman’s basic premise is correct: that economic activity…