HEALTHCARE

Sick? Injured? Dying? Call Wall Street!

February 2023

Your doctor is out and unable to see you now. Not out for lunch or out on vacation — but... Read more...

Why Are We Letting For-Profit Health Care Kill Us?

February 2023

No one needs another outrage to worry about, but here’s one that could literally be your last worry. Our hospitals... Read more...

Welcome to our late-summer picnic!

August 2019

In these sultry, dog days of August, the Lowdown presents a summer picnic of political snacks, meaty developments, both sweet and sour sides, and--of course--some mixed nuts. Read more...

A real reform

May 2012

What if drug marketers had to tell us the details of every under-the-table payment (aka bribes) that they make to... Read more...

The great American medicine show, a spectacle of deceit, manipulation, and flimflammery

May 2012

Butterflies waft across a beautiful field of spring flowers. A delightful young family bicycles joyously down a country lane. A couple... Read more...

Summertime Lowdown: A picnic basket of absurdities, oddities, and some sweet positives

July 2011

It’s frightening to watch the Texas legislature in action, but it can also be entertaining–in the same way a freak show... Read more...

We’ll reform! We promise!

June 2009

In a show of their selfless commitment to reform, a gaggle of health-industry lobbyists trotted out with President Obama last... Read more...

Everyone hates corporate healthcare– now, public demand could really change it

June 2009

Now is the time for boldness! Instead, we’re getting Baucusness. Sen. Max Baucus, that is–Montana Democrat, chair of the Senate Finance Committee,... Read more...

What 8 years of BushCheney have done to our economy

April 2008

Harry Truman said, “No man should be allowed to be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” That’s never been more true... Read more...

The four Big Lies about universal health care

June 2006

How messed up is America’s health-care system? Consider the case of the Leavitts. Anne and her husband Dixie, both in... Read more...

How they took the care out of our health care system

September 1999

David Lubar is the author of a funny Q&A piece about HMOs that has made the rounds on the Internet.... Read more...