Ah, you've got to love the approach to health care from the right:  read more »

Wheelchair Medical came across some astonishing news yesterday.  In Southern California, hospitals are being fined for violating State and Federal Laws.  It's slightly phenomenal, and that's slightly hysterical.

Now, years ago I heard that there were laws on the books allowing only so many rat hairs in certain foods.  I've also heard that sometimes you take a chance at certain hotels that the sheets you sleep in weren't changed since the last resident.  read more »

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This post describes a road accident that I witnessed. I have tried to keep this post as neutral as possible but its details are graphic. Please consider that before continuing on.   read more »

Fully cognizant that an endorsement from an anonymous blogger on a minor Catholic blog seems vaguely ridiculous, nevertheless I have decided to publicly endorse Barack Obama for president of the United States. I believe him to be the better of the two candidates in terms of Catholic social teaching. I had not intended to write such a post, but recent events changed my mind.

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Whatever your political affiliation, there's no question that "Harry and Louise" are icons in political communication. You know who I'm talking about. This fictional couple appeared in a series of advertisements, sponsored by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), in 1994 that were meant to sour the public's view of the Clinton administration's health care plan.  read more »

Obama says he would go for a single-payer health care system "if he was starting from scratch".  But since we can't do that, lets just stir the shitpot we have going right now:
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The Bloom County gang weighs in on health care:

Click for the larger version. As Michael Sanera at The Locker Room says:  read more »

Yesterday I blogged about a Jared Bernstein article on the situation of the economy and healthcare, and today a piece written by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky about a story of one of her constituent just proved the urgency of a universal health care system. Read it here.

Editors Comment: The following is a fairly easy to digest article on the organ systems of the body, by Dr. Ben Kim. It provides an overview of the systems that keep you well, giving enough information about your health so that you don't have to rely on others to make decisions for you. If you can teach the basics yourself, then you have enough knowledge to avoid disease.

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