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What’s in a name?

…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

Politics and specific policies

…for performance in the healthcare system AND in our education system? Pay for performance in the healthcare system. See ‘healthcare fiasco’ and click http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2011/04/29/ppaca-hhs-starts-medicare-performance-payment-syst pay for performance in education recall…

Healthcare debate begins nationally

…between Medicare reform and national healthcare reform. In April, HealthBeat reported that Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus had declared that Medicare would become “the big driver” behind national health reform….