To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, May 12, 2025

Observercast

Bottom Line For The Already Insured

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BY FROMA HARROP The hardest group to sell on national health reform is those who don’t desperately need it. That would include Americans who already have coverage through a workplace, about 160 million in all, and are reasonably happy with their deal. The comfortably insured are always the target for scare-talk about rationing, loss of choice, higher taxes and government takeovers of health care. After all, they’re the ones with something to lose, or so […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.