Adventures at Daily Kos

The ideas in Health Security America got a rousing welcome from the massive audience at the world's largest political blogging community, DailyKos, in what one front pager called a "terrific series." Click on the links to see the originals at Daily Kos.

1. Retired M.D. & HMO administrator speaks out introduces myself and
   the health care reform plan
   
2. Health Security America: Kicking the donkey explains the need for independent administration of the new single payer plan, and why Democrats have gotten nothing done in 30 years
   
3. Health Security America: People-powered health care introduces
   the blueprint of HSA's independent administration
   
4. Breaking the special interest hammerlock on health care outlines
   the "8 inviolable rules" to free up competition.
   
5. Health Security America: Howard unbound In which I use my M.D.
   colleague's example to show how HSA will trim expenditures in physician
   and clinical services
   
6. Cutting health insurance premiums by optimizing hospital use talks
   about stopping the excesses of inter-hospital competition
   
7. What patients can do to lower health insurance premiums details
   some of the things a patient can do to help constrain costs