From Planet Twitter and its expanding, earthquake-prone continent of healthcare, here’s what people, pundits, reporters and politicos of all sorts had to say this past week, in commentary and observations distilled or crammed into 140 characters.
Among conservatives and libertarians choice was a recurring theme, while a lot of liberals were defending reproductive rights and remarking on healthcare quality and spending. Also, there’s a few Tweets on debates from across the Atlantic that are relevant here, about biking and health in France and healthcare for immigrants in Spain.
Survey finds 54 percent of patients are comfortable with healthcareproviders seeking advice from online communities.
First experience of the U.S. healthcare system and afraid to say it but I'm pretty impressed...
In new audio interview, Prof. Jonathan Oberlander discusses U.S.#healthcare policy over past 100 years. http://nej.md/R2GOxy#NEJM200
Worth a read: RT @miller7: #Idaho and the patient-centered medical home http://bit.ly/R6NDu4 #healthcare #pcmh
Ryan Plan for Health Care Doesn’t Give Constituents What He Getshttp://bloom.bg/PyEaPS via @BloombergNews
Increased Access to Health Care May Decrease Abortions -- the Massachusetts experience Romney should be running on
The history of the American railroad system and why this matters for#healthcare
French gov't reckons it would save €15bil a year on healthcarecosts if 10% of journeys were made by bicycle
Why drive to the doctor when you can build a multi-million dollar hospital room on your mega-yacht instead? http://bloom.bg/TCI1eJ@Sruhle
.@PaulRyanVP: bureaucrats will not mess with my mom's health care or your mom's health care
Spanish doctors protest against law that excludes immigrants from public healthcare | BMJ
#5myths about Paul Ryan's budget -- myth 3: It would cut health-care spending by reforming Medicare. http://wapo.st/R4sbpq by Peter Orszag
I'm so old I remember when folks angrily asked why I had this crazy belief that Obamacare would lead to price controls
If you're 55 today, under the #Ryan plan you will see a $6,400 increase in out-of-pocket health care costs when you retire.#6400dollars
See my latest on @Forbes “How Big Government Gave Us The Health Care Crisis”
59% of VA voters happy to pay 14 cents extra for a Papa John's pizza so employees can have health care, 22% wouldn't:
When Obama gets healthcare squared away, he needs to start working on my Verizon bill.
The same people who purchase LeBron James $300 sneakers will complain they can't afford healthcare. #p2 #tcot
#irony Democrats complaining GOP takes away "women's" health care choices while supporting ObamaCare, which takes away everyone's choice.
Paid $16 in Canada for a wine that costs $10 in US. I'd rather pay out the nose for wine than healthcare.
Medicine is not healthcare. Food is healthcare. Medicine is sickcare. Remember that.
Depending on the MSM for accurate information is almost as foolish as depending on the government for your healthcare.
Mitt 2012. Because America needs a president who didn't get bin Laden, didn't want to save General Motors and hates his own health care plan
It is almost unbelievable that the entire fate of the country on health care can rest on the egotism and stupidity of one man. #Akin
I want the right to choose where my child goes to school and getshealthcare. @DWSTweets won't give me that.
