Another health insurance horror story.
The redoubtable nyceve has done wonderful work informing Kossacks about the vile character of commercial health insurance in America, and the desperate need for genuine root and branch reform. I'd like...
View ArticleMurder by spreadsheet in action
Most of us in medicine are aware of the fact that lack of insurance (or junk insurance) leads to worse outcomes for patients. There are studies out there demonstrating that uninsured kids are more...
View ArticleMy racist family.
Barack Obama is the most dynamic and exciting Democratic Presidential candidate I've seen in my lifetime. I truly believe he has the potential to transform the political landscape. But first he'll have...
View ArticleMurder by Spreadsheet at work again.
Just a quick diary to remind people how greedy and just plain evil our murder-by-spreadsheet, for-profit health insurance companies are. One of the recent bright spots in medicine has been a modest...
View ArticleFlag pins as philosophy.
The whole moronic manufactured flag pin "controversy" got me thinking recently. It seems to go right to the heart of the fundamental difference between progressives and wingnuts—or liberals &...
View ArticleCorporate Vampires of Healthcare.
It's not enough that the FDA is officially indebted to the very industry it's supposed to regulate. (In case you didn't know, much of the FDA's budget comes directly from BigPharma explicitly to...
View ArticleTimmeh's screwing up. Again.
sJust a quickie this morning. On MTP, Tim Russert has three pundits discussing the Democratic primary. It's David Broder, David Gregory, and Michele Norris. What's wrong with that you say? Follow me.
View ArticleJeff Greenfield: horse's ass.
Just a quick comment on this card-carrying member of the pundit class. He's had a good run, and occasionally he's even made a few incisive observations. But this morning I had the misfortune to catch...
View ArticleMilitary medicine is breaking.
Just a quick diary on the state of military medicine. Most of us are aware of the fact that Bush/Cheney have nearly ruined our Army and Marine Corps. Endless revolving door deployments, stop-loss...
View ArticlePope Benedict on pedophile scandal: move on, nothing to see here.
Roman Catholics appalled by the long-running scandal of sexual abuse perpetrated by pedophile priests, and the revolting cover-up by enabling Bishops that followed, have been eagerly awaiting Pope...
View ArticleDavid Broder: Dumbass
I see that several Kossacks have noted that David Broder, the official fossil of print journalism, is accepting a "buy-out" and leaving his privileged position at WaPo. It's about freakin' time, given...
View ArticleMichael Hayden: Partisan Hack
Michael Hayden was pitched by Bush/Cheney as the ideal CIA director, with his years of experience directing the NSA and his military credentials. He was approved by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 78:15...
View ArticleGrow the F*** up?
Okay. I mean, what do people usually have in mind when they tell some one to grow up? I guess in my book this means accepting full responsibility for the consequences of one's actions; comprehending...
View ArticlePrimary care is dying. And you should be worried.
Medical care in America is fraught with crisis, from rapidly escalating costs and the ever-rising proportion of citizens lacking meaningful health insurance to an exploding epidemic of obesity and...
View ArticlePakistan: with friends like these...
Ever since 9/11, Bush/Cheney have showered billions of dollars in aid on the Pakistani government and military, despite abundant evidence that Musharraf and the ISI were continuing to support the...
View ArticleThe Medical community won’t solve the primary care crisis
I posted a diary recently about the looming crisis in primary care. The number of physicians practicing primary care is falling rapidly as the vast majority of medical students choose more lucrative...
View ArticleBack when populism wasn't a dirty word.
As American citizens, we are co-owners of one of the most remarkable bodies of social documentary art in existence anywhere. I'm talking about the incredible treasure of FSA photography preserved by...
View ArticleFacts and reality versus fantasy: why it matters.
The current Presidential campaign began on a historic note, with the Democratic contest between the first serious woman candidate and the first serious African-American candidate. It also promised a...
View ArticleGeorge Will is a racist pig.
This morning George Will made a comment on camera in response to Katrina vanden Heuvel regarding the current economic melt-down. it was the most despicably racist comment I have ever heard from a...
View Article"Defeatist": last refuge of losing combatants
Today our esteemed Defense Secretary Robert Gates, one of very few members of the Bush/Cheney administration with even a shred of credibility or integrity, has officially jumped the shark. Following in...
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