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Category Archives: Health Care
Take Two Placebos and Call Me in the Morning
You’ve probably heard the results of many studies where pharmaceutical company’s hopes and dreams and tens-of-millions-of-dollars-investments are extinguished before they wake by the placebo effect. Well, Sugapil is here to fill the void created by those stillborn dream drugs. With … Continue reading
Really, America? More Americans Believe In UFOs Than Oppose A Public Option
Apparently more Americans believe in UFOs than oppose a public option for health care insurance. Unfortunately, I think this says as much about the scientific ignorance and conspiracy-theory-craziness of Americans as it does about the state of the health care … Continue reading
Read This: The Funniest Protest Signs Of 2009 (PHOTOS)
First, read this: (And watch for the spelling of words such as “public.”) The Funniest Protest Signs Of 2009 Then, read this. Thank you, someecards. Thank you very much. Tweet
Read This: CFI Objects to Taxpayer Funding for Alternative Medicine Therapies
I thought one of the major pillars of health care reform and reduced health care spending was the elimination of waste and a new emphasis on effective treatments. Now, some legislators are moving in the opposite direction and working to … Continue reading
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Read This: T.R. Reid — Five Myths About Health Care in the Rest of the World
I couldn’t pick just one excerpt from this informative article by T.R. Reid, so I’ve included several. This article should be required reading before one is admitted to a town hall meeting. I particularly stunned by the cost difference for … Continue reading
Read This: Why Is Universal Health Care ‘Un-American’? | CommonDreams.org
Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX, asks a valuable question in a recent article. Excerpt: I can’t believe I am standing today in a Christian church defending the proposition that we should lessen the … Continue reading
