Read the whole thing I’ve quoted below, originally posted publicly on Facebook by a (scientist-type) friend of mine. Then think about your parents. Think about your grandparents. Think […]
health / health care / healthcare / status update
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Now you’re just a CPAP mask I used to know…
Holy crap you guys, I just had a really good night’s sleep.
That doesn’t sound like much, but when you’ve got sleep apnea, it’s a big freaking deal.
healthcare / politics
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What The Job Creators Whisper
I hear something every time a business owner cuts someone’s hours or lays people off to avoid Obamacare. It’s a dark whisper, quiet, often overruled by the sound […]
health care / healthcare / social justice
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Affordable Care Act PROHIBITS Discrimination Based on Gender Identity
(Note: This is all via Equality Ohio, who are some pretty keen folks.) The Department of Health and Human Services recently confirmed (PDF link, embedded below) that the […]
healthcare / marcuse / sociology
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They Don’t Need Threats Anymore – Vignette Five
[Steve’s note – this continues the various short vignettes highlighting parts of Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man Here are links to parts one, two, three, and four.] “So they’re cutting […]
healthcare / politics / pro-life / sociology
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Pro-life? Then support universal health care.
It was chilling to see such a blatant dollar amount put on a life. When we say a human life is worth a certain amount of money, we make inhuman decisions – like deciding whether or not to give someone medical care – the appearance of being rational. Some folks are already claiming that national health care would do something like that.
But the system we have now does exactly that..