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  • Opinion: Reports show anxiety about US healthcare

    Tampa Bay Times, Syndicated content|Updated Jan 1, 2022

    Forget car dealers; Americans are flummoxed by the marketplace for healthcare. Two new reports published last month show that consumers are increasingly anxious about medical costs and access to care, with record numbers signing up for subsidized health coverage. The system is not working for the majority of Americans, and the inequities are only getting worse. A new national survey shows the frustration that Americans are feeling amid the continuing grind of the pandemic. An estimated 100 million Americans would describe the...

  • Opinion: Trump should advocate for vaccinations

    Tampa Bay Times, Syndicated content|Updated Jul 20, 2021

    Dear former President Trump, We have an important request, one that only you can pull off. It will take some salesmanship, but that’s in your wheelhouse, “The Art of the Deal” and all of that. It will require that you once again capture the national spotlight, but that’s your natural habitat. And you’ll be a hero. Mr. President, it’s time to advise your supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Sell it hard. “Want to really own the libs? Get the jab!” Heck, hold rallies with free vaccinations at the gate. Explain how the...

  • Opinion: Rioters have no one to blame but themselves

    Tampa Bay Times, Syndicated content|Updated May 29, 2021

    Some of the defendants facing charges in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol deserve points for creativity. Among the defense arguments emerging in court documents: “I got caught up in the mob” and “Trump told me to do it.” But the “mob” and the individuals charged in the insurrection are one and the same, and breaking the law just because you think a higher authority with a well-known penchant for dangerous rhetoric said you could doesn’t make it right. The attempt to brush aside criminal behavior with such lame excuses turn...