Showing posts with label healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthcare. Show all posts
Friday, March 27, 2020

Epidemic progression... past Easter

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Hospitals are have now been slammed in several cities: Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, San Jose, Atlanta, and New Orleans. Nine states saw s...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Corona virus pandemic and the US bungled response

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This is the biggest contagion of my lifetime. History is unfolding so it's important to pay attention. I have a lot of links below and I...
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Saturday, August 10, 2019

July/August links

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Don't forget healthcare.   Oops, the GOP did. They are cheering a lawsuit that may end Obamacare even though they haven't considered...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

October links: even more to catch up with

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Writings by Jamal Khashoggi. Collusion  and repression in Saudi Arabia, and the Muslim Brotherhood . Khashoggi was murdered and dismembere...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

May links: cleaning up from April

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Korean peace?   Don't be too hopeful  yet. North Korea has pattern of reneging, or getting stubborn. Syrian peacce?  The role  France ...
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Monday, April 30, 2018

The state intervenes... too much

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The Alfie Evans scandal didn't get a lot of news site attention from the MSM, but it did in the conservative media. A bit of background ...
Saturday, July 1, 2017

Replacing Obamacare is harder than they thought

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No surprise about the complexity of the task. The House just barely passed an Obamacare repeal-and-replacement. Now the Senate is trying to ...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Links about 'Repeal and Replace'

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For seven years the GOP bragged that they could make a better health insurance program than Obamacare. For seven years, they waved their han...
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Friday, June 10, 2016

Round-up on US healthcare costs

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Today I was contemplating the ever-present problem of healthcare costs in the US. Why does it cost so much here? This article answered that...
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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Ebola in Texas, but not worried yet

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I wasn't worried about the two Americans being transferred to Atlanta for treatment for Ebola. Am I worried yet with this case in Texas?...
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Friday, September 5, 2014

How big an issue is Obamacare?

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Is Obamacare (more properly called ACA) a major issue in this election? Is it a major issue for most folks? It's hard to tell. The com...
Sunday, August 3, 2014

Don't worry about Ebola in Atlanta

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Two American missionaries who were treating the Ebola outbreak in Africa have contracted the disease. One has already been transported back...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Rant about healthcare spending

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I'm fed up with conservatives who complain that Obamacare is going to bankrupt the country but never turn their gaze on Medicare. The me...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Medical miracle in Maryland

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On a radio show this week, I learned that Maryland is the only state with cost controls on hospital charges. The speaker told about how New ...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

The Controversy in My Medicine Cabinet

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There shouldn't be a controversy in my medicine cabinet. It's my medicine cabinet. It's between me and my doctor what goes in th...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

How accurate is brain death?

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This post will for those who share my scientific curiosity about the issues involved in the current case of Jahi McMath, the 13-year-old dec...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

One thing I learned: Cultural differences, cancer, and ACA

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I'm a strong supporter of ACA. However, I didn't realize until this fall how much my middle-class background contributes to that vie...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Short: GOP needs better healthcare lies

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I'm not the only one who believes our national dialogue on healthcare is saturated with lying. Josh Barro still identifies as conservat...
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Monday, September 23, 2013

Is Obamacare ALREADY a train wreck?

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Everyone has heard this. Obamacare is a train wreck. Well, I don't take anyone's word for it. As I frequently tell other internet co...
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Friday, August 9, 2013

Short: Republicans for Obamacare

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I hadn't thought of this, but it's true. In many states, some Republicans are working to make health insurance available. I'm n...
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