Health, United States
What’s Wrong With Health Care Reform.
Posted on March 24, 2010 by Alasdair Thompson | 3 Comments
So health care reform in the US has finally been passed and signed into law. It’s been a long time coming, see Ted Kennedy below, and it’s been greeted as a great achievement by many on the left, including here on Bright Green. My colleague Peter described it as a vindication of why triangulation doesn’t [...]
Healthcare win shows Obama is no West Wing fan
Posted on March 22, 2010 by Peter McColl | 2 Comments
Today’s news that the House of Representatives has passed an amended version of the healthcare Bill promised by Barack Obama shows an interesting contrast with the achievements of the Clinton administration. And of course, with the fictional administration of Jed Bartlett in the West Wing. When I wrote a blog post about how I dislike [...]
In Defence of Universalism
Posted on March 18, 2010 by Peter McColl | 1 Comment
The Scottish Greens have been arguing for a couple of years that the government should create a universal free household insulation service. This has been very successfully rolled out in Huddersfield by the Kirklees Green Party. It has increased the take up of insulation hugely. And as well all know insulation is the cheapest easiest [...]
Green Party Conference Days 3&4: A sensible health policy
Posted on February 21, 2010 by Alasdair Thompson | 1 Comment
After a certain degree of criticism last year around the time of the European elections, much of it fair, over some of our policies related to healthcare it was decided to conduct a full review of the relevant section of our, recently renamed, Policies for a Sustainable Society document. Jim and Stuart have blogged on [...]
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