Abortion & Healthcare Reform: A Matter of Conscience?

Conscience, Miranov, 2015 Abortion is a stumbling block to healthcare reform. Fear that a government-financed system would trample over individuals’ convictions about abortion is one of the most impassioned objections to reform. Is there a way to honor strong values for and against abortion within a reformed system? This post will explore conscientious objection as … Continue reading Abortion & Healthcare Reform: A Matter of Conscience? →

Yuval Levin’s Pragmatic Conservative Approach to Healthcare Reform

Respected conservative thinker and policy expert Yuval Levin adds a healthy dose of pragmatism to what has all too often been a bitterly ideological debate over healthcare reform. This post will look at Levin’s ideology and his pragmatism. First, let’s find the several broad areas in his analyses that line up with this Fixing U.S. … Continue reading Yuval Levin’s Pragmatic Conservative Approach to Healthcare Reform →

Covid-19 Shut-Down Is A Cost-Benefit Bargain

Covid-19 has everyone talking about cost-benefit analysis. The President himself started the conversation with his notorious tweet, “We can’t have the cure be worse than the problem.” Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog has touted cost-benefit analysis as a key approach to taming the healthcare cost tapeworm. This week, columnist Tom Friedman and political philosopher Michael Sandel … Continue reading Covid-19 Shut-Down Is A Cost-Benefit Bargain →

Coronavirus: It’s Changing Our Conversation About Healthcare Reform, Ethics & Silent Spread

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing a lot right now. Here are three changes to which I’m paying close attention How we talk about healthcare reform How we talk about rationing ethically How the virus is spreading silently Coronavirus & Healthcare Reform Christopher Beem writes in The Conversation that the coronavirus pandemic will push Americans to … Continue reading Coronavirus: It’s Changing Our Conversation About Healthcare Reform, Ethics & Silent Spread →