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Plain Broun Wrapper (or, What’s Really In That Bag?)
I thought I might write about something other than politics this morning, but some things are just too there to ignore. But perhaps this isn’t strictly about politics. Representative Paul Broun of...
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Quote that captures my love of sleep
Ever since Arianna Huffington convinced me to undertake the “sleep challenge,” I have been trying to get more sleep, and I’ve been enjoying it more, as well as enjoying my better-rested awake time...
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World’s best healthcare?
In his article at Common Dreams, Oregon doctor Samuel Metz destroys the notion that the United States has the world’s best health care system. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says, “We do start...
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Corruption and Obamacare
I still don’t see any evidence that Obamacare will reduce health care premiums for ordinary Americans. These cost controls were promised as the prime reason for Obamacare back when Barack Obama first...
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Delving into Obamacare
At Occasional Planet, Madonna Gauding takes a careful look at what Obamacare means for ordinary people and big corporations. A generous (and seriously wrongheaded) view of Obamacare is that it was a...
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10 facts about dairy milk
We are hit with so much propaganda about the “need” to drink cow milk that many Americans uncritically believe it. To follow up on an article I once wrote about all the dairy hype (“The Land of Milk...
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Time Magazine explores the destruction of American health care
Check out the feature article in this week’s Time Magazine. It’s called “Bitter Pill,” and it’s written by Steven Brill, a savvy insider. In addition to making me apprehensive that health insurance...
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Best foods for the money
The Environmental Working Group has published this list of the top 100 most nutritious foods for those on a tight budget. This includes many of my favorite foods. Related posts: Sugar-laden children’s...
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Pay for Delay
Why is it that generic drug makers sometimes delay entering the market, sometimes long after the drug patent expires? This is another tale in corporatocracy, told by Alternet: [I]magine you’re a...
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About Americans
I know that this article at Bananenplanet is filled with generalizations, but many of them rang true to me. Thoughtful article that suggests that Americans need to look in the mirror. Here are some of...
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The horrendous cost of health care
These numbers from the Miliman Research Report are stunning. This situation cannot possibly be sustainable for most Americans, and I have little faith that the Affordable Care Act will reduce these...
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Do it yourself fecal transplants
Fascinating. Fecal transplants–yes, the transplants of poo from one person to another–have cured some extremely sick people and probably saved some lives. Yet the FDA enacted some regulations making...
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End of life extravagance
In the Washington Post, Jonathan Kay writes: Last week, I wrote a column about the problem of “unwanted care,” a term used to describe the aggressive, invasive, often debilitating heath treatments that...
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Ralph Nader discusses a better approach to hernia repair surgery
This article at Common Dreams is ostensibly a discussion about hernia repair surgery, namely, an option to be treated more humanely and cheaply in Canada than in the U.S. The discussion turns to deeper...
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Make that call to your elected representative – Make some noise.
Here’s what’s on my mind. Many of us care deeply about social and political issues, and it does feel good to clarify each other’s thoughts here on FB, but it doesn’t change politicians views. I’ve...
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The re-framing necessary to move away from talk of health care death panels
Here’s another excellent and succinct analysis by Dylan Ratigan, part of an mass emailing he recently sent out. Allowing conservatives to argue about “death panels” is a big mistake and here’s why —...
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On the failures of Obamacare
I’m reading a lot about the recent problems with Obamacare. For everyone complaining about this new program, however, I would ask “You say Obamacare is bad, but compared to what?” I’m on COBRA, having...
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Physicians’ gag order regarding fracking to be re-evaluated
Amazing that such a law could be passed in the first place. From Alternet. Challenges by Pennsylvania citizens and townships on provisions in the law that prohibit doctors from telling patients about...
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Excellent stop-smoking ad
I found this video of a stop-smoking ad on Facebook and wanted to share it here too: Related posts: Stop Discriminating against Sick People! Stop Writing? Stop the mobile cupcake peddlers
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How to make things
I really enjoyed these mesmerizing videos demonstrating how many types of things are manufactured. Fascinating. Life would be so very different without our factories. Some would say for the better, but...
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