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Berlin : A Look at Health Care in Germany
Some U.S. Citizens in Germany comparing, contrasting and acting upon health care issues. That’s The Rag Blog’s David MacBryde hovering in the back and scratching his head (lower picture). Photos by Karen Axelrad / The Rag Blog.Americans in Germany:How health … Continue reading
Barack, Health Insurance, and Your Best Interests
Top Ten Ways To Tell Your President & His Party Aren’t Fighting For Health Care For EverybodyBy Bruce A. Dixon / July 29, 2009 With the corporate media relentlessly distorting the public discussion around health care reform, it time for … Continue reading
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Single-Payer Health Care: Some Reasons to Do It
Health CareBy Hosea W. McAdoo M.D. / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2009 “The Americans will always do the right thing . . . After they’ve exhausted all the alternatives.” — Winston Churchill PART IAfter carefully following all the … Continue reading
Congress : Return Health Care to the People
Health care should be a profession, not a business. By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2009 The American, if he has a spark of national feeling, will be humiliated by the very prospect of … Continue reading
Health Care in Venezuela
New Venezuelan clinic built by community with funds given from municipality. When communities build projects such as this, they provide some labor and serve as the contractor — thus allowing a lot to be done at lower costs than usual.Health … Continue reading
Socialized Medicine? Canadian Health Care Saved my Father’s Life
The following anecdote about Canadian health care, about which we here in the South hear much negativity, came to me from a friend whose reliability I respect. Due to the intimate nature of the report, identifying information was removed to … Continue reading
Cartoon: The Health Care Reform Plan
Source / Seattle P-I Thanks to Jeffrey Segal / The Rag Blog
Single Payer Health Insurance: Ending a Parade of Preventable Misery
Dr. Claudia Fegan.Single-payer health insurance is way to goBy Don Terry / May 14, 2009 An army of lawyers and lobbyists is gathering along the Potomac. The upcoming battle in Washington over national health care reform is going to be … Continue reading
Don’t Panic : Seven Facts About ‘Swine Flu’
Swine Flu scare: a man wears a mask upon arrival at Gatwick airport in London on a flight from Mexico City. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images. Your best defense — your only real defense in any flu season … Continue reading
More About MRSA and Agribusiness
This is a follow-up to an article we posted a few days ago. The big news here is the potential connection between the development of debilitating (even deadly) antibiotic-resistant pathogens and the use of antibiotics in animal feed. Let’s press … Continue reading
Richard L. Scott: Healthcare Enemy Number One
See also Dr. Stephen R. Keister’s remarks below about Richard L. Scott. All of this is rather enlightening to say the least. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Former Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. co-founder Richard Scott is now chairman of Solantic, … Continue reading
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Medical Mistakes Kill 100,000 Per Year in the US
See related John Rockefeller Op-ed below. Health Care in AmericaBy Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / January 31, 2009 In this video, Tom Daschle analyzes our health care system, not the best in the world. In the US, medical … Continue reading
