…show them this: Our friends at Sadly, No! take a look at the actual outcomes between the US and Canada. I don’t think it will surprise you to see that the U.S. system doesn’t measure up so well: Circulatory disease deaths per 100,000: Canada: 219 United States: 265 Child maltreatment deaths per 100,000: Canada: 0.7 …
Category Archive: healthcare
Jul 08 2009
Spines Developing Among Dems
I don’t know about you, but this comes as an absolute fucking shock to me: Harry Reid’s apparently located his spine somewhere deep in the detritus of his garage, and he’s gingerly trying it on: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has “ordered Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) to drop a proposal to tax health …
Jul 07 2009
Attention, Women’s Rights Supporters: the Senate Needs a Kickin’
It’s not enough for Dems to be so in love with bipartisanship that they’re trying to neuter healthcare reform for a few pitiful Con votes they don’t even need. Now they’re talking insanity: As Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) prepares to unveil the Senate Finance Committee’s bipartisan health care reform legislation later this week, several blogs …
Jun 26 2009
But No, Really, Private’s Better than Public!
Because, you know, private insurers take such better care of us than the government ever could! The health insurance industry maximizes their profits by delivering as little care as they can legally get away with, or for that matter, illegally. Health insurers have forced consumers to pay billions of dollars in medical bills that the …
Jun 24 2009
Our Vulcan President
Ladies and gentlemen, the evidence that Barak Obama is, in fact, a Vulcan, despite his penchant for flashing beaming grins. Exhibit A, which is evident in his every speech and appearance, and thus needs no link: his preternatural calm. Exhibit B: His ability to flash a Vulcan salute. And Exhibit C: His response to inane …
Jun 23 2009
Dems Start to Ask, “What Fucking Bipartisanship?”
This is good: Something fairly interesting happened today. It doesn’t mean we will get a public health insurance option to compete with the insurance industry, but it doesn’t exactly hurt. Apparently some Democrats thought that if they only watered down such a public option to nothing, they would get that vaunted bipartisan support, and everybody …
May 12 2009
Hilzoy Cuts to the Heart of CER
You’re going to hear quite a bit of insane frothing blather over “Comparative Effectiveness Research” from Cons. Y’see, they don’t want objective folks making scientific determinations of whether insanely expensive medical treatments, devices and drugs are effective compared to cheaper treatments, etc. That would mean that corporations couldn’t make insane profits, and we can’t have …
Apr 11 2009
Bring Me Government-Run Health Care
And remind me never to buy anything at Zales, ever: In the coming debates over health care, when your Uncle Bob pulls out the old conservative trope asking, “would you really want government bureaucrats to be in charge of your health care?” give him this article: Five months ago, Rose Camilleri was a superstar at …
Feb 28 2009
Another Noxious Bush Reg Bites the Dust
A few months ago, I alerted you to Bush’s little scheme to allow healthcare providers to redefine birth control as abortion and then refuse to provide the service. At the time, I gave you what I considered wise advice: We can’t rely on Obama’s ability to roll these rules back. Better for the country if …
Feb 03 2009
Thinking Brain Dog
Those of you reading from the most recent post on down should probably reference this first. Now that you understand the state of Dana’s brain, you’ll understand why she needs a Thinking Brain dog. Thankfully, that service is ably provided by Cujo359, who takes a closer look at Daschle and points out why tax mishaps …
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