The majority of Americans are in favor of a universal healthcare system for the U.S. In fact, a majority has favored it since Harry Truman sat in the Oval Office. So why don't we have it? An analysis of polls published a few months back shows...
Are you a white-knuckle flier? My sympathy. Planes are scary and dangerous. But let’s see: In the last 10 years, a passenger has stepped onto a U.S. airline about 7 billion times. How many of those 7 billion times did the passenger...
We are all going super-size: Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health examined trends of the last decade or so, ran a sophisticated "projection analysis," and popped out some numbers (the report is on their web site). By 2030, 86% of Americans...
Picture this – your baby has infantile spasms (IS), a rare condition that could kill. Only one drug works, Acthor from Questcor Pharmaceuticals. The drug costs $1,650 a vial – until Questcor jumps the price to more than $23,000 a vial, putting the cost for...
The usual thing. A party. Neighbor asks what I do. The usual discussion. Universal healthcare. Neighbor asks, “But why should my tax dollars support healthcare for, say, people who smoke, or who made themselves obese and then can’t seem to control...
The other day the San Francisco Chronicle carried an article by their Washington correspondent in which a number of economists speculated that, for the first time, it seems reasonably possible that the United States Government is headed for a financial meltdown of the...
