Bhopal, Raj. "Spectre of racism in health and health care: lessons from history and the United States." (not sure about joural title yet) (1998). BMJ. Web. 8 Oct. 2009.
(I'd like to examine the possibility of racism in this issue, as in, reperations, or common sense?)
Turow, J. "Television entertainment and the US health-care debate." The Lancet 347.9010 (1996): 1240-243. The Lancet. Web. 8 Oct. 2009.
(Because television seems to have a huge influence on the rhetoric of any political debate, this is something I'd like to think about)
Evans, J. G. "The rationing debate: Rationing health care by age: The case against." British Medical Journal 314.822?? (1997). (Site title). (publisher). Web. 8 Oct. 2009.
(This seems like it might be a good place to get an opposing opinion)
Kennedy, Edward M. True Compass. (City): (Publisher), 2009. Print.
(I'm curious to see what the deceased senator has to say about this issue that he cared so much about in his memoirs. I'll try and buy it soon)
Patel, Kant, and Mark Rushefsky. Health Care Politics and Policy in America. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharp, inc., 2006. Print.
(This, I'll try to rent somewhere. It seems like it will have a lot of good information on the subject)
Olbermann, Keith. "Countdown." Countdown with Keith Olbermann. MSNBC. New York City?, New York, 7 Oct. 2009. Television.
(last night there was a very interesting hour long "special comment" that was full of the type of rhetoric that I'd like to examine, if I may invoke the beast without seeming bias)
There are other sources that I know I would like to use that I cannot find right now:
1. Winston Churchill on the subject in America (we do not exist in a vaccum. There's a whole world out there!)
2. Ronald Reagan's nice piece about the dawn of socialism in America (examination of rhetoric)
3. Anything else I can find: News paper articles, new and old, from the NYT and others, to get a better handle on the history of the debate (perspective and historical analysis, analysis of past rhetoric)
This list will get much longer as I go.
But last night, I saw the special edition of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, which consisted of the host chatting for an hour with the American public, putting his own personal spin on the issue, and attempting to transcend the political mud slinging. It was a very good edition of the show and I would like to get a transcript of it. There were many points that he made that I would like to consider discussing in my paper. He added a human element to the debate that I feel has been generally lacking from both the left and the right. It's about people, after all. That's what he tried to drive home. All the "liberals" want is to make it less easy for insurance companies to be able to sentence people to death. They are, after all, the real death panels. And although I don't consider this to be a matter of opinion, I'm sure that those who disagree with the whole idea would. I will try to keep this type of talk out of the paper as much as possible. It will be difficult to discuss the issue objectively, but I'm sure I can do it. Some subtextual leaning to the left will be fine though, right?
My mind's buzzing with ideas. I just need to hit the books, gather some research, organize, outline, and set the ball rolling and the fingers typing. I've been thinking about this issue all summer and am glad for the opprotunity to write a nice long paper about it.
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