I finally received a response from Bart Gordon, my Congressman. He totally ignored my request for a debate. Now I know why.
I had challenged him before the August recess. As September has arrived, that means it took him a month to respond. It is obvious from his email that he would have had to come [...]
Stupid And Useless
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Health
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Take Two Aspirin
June 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Health, Politics
The President has a headache. His healthcare reform is in trouble. He can’t even get a bipartisan agreement that Dr. Seuss ate green eggs and ham.
Two noted health reporters, the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein and Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic, this week had major articles marking the difficulties the President’s reform was running into [...]
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Prostituting Justice
June 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Health, Law
They are arguing the inarguable. The Regressives in Washington are arguing an issue that should have been settled during the Truman Administration.
Had we instituted a national healthcare system based on a single-payer, we would now be without a national debt. This would be true even if all the wasteful spending on the military and in [...]
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Here Come De . . . Doctor?
July 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Health
Having been treated by at least 28 physicians and surgeons in the past three to four years, the subject is close to my heart, and my spine, and my artificial hip, and, and, and. Some are absolutely wonderful but 50 percent of all medical students were graduated in the lower half of their class. Not [...]
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Starting the Health Category
June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Health
Involvement in mental health often draws my interest to broader issues in matters of health.
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