Collecting My Thoughts

Between Feb. 1 and May 9, 2020 60,299 people have died of Covid19 and 81,318 have died of pneumonia National Center for Health Stati...

That's interesting. There were 13,276 diagnosed Covid19 cases in Ohio by April 22. "Not everyone who is diagnosed is being admitted...

Want some good (or at least better) news? If your liberal friends deny it, the author is probably on the right track. "First, the rat...

"I'm not trying to minimize the deaths from the Coronavirus pandemic but when I heard a report yesterday that now in New York, one ...

Our behavior is showing up in our health statistics as well as our homes. "Between 1959 and 2016, US life expectancy increased from 6...

I don't see many adults with Down Syndrome these days. Pre-natal testing has reduced their chances of surviving in the womb, along with ...

Great news, right? 80% of Americans rate their health-care quality as excellent or good. Except it was 76% under Obama in 2015, and 83% un...

Have you ever seen this statement--"Americans have a shorter life expectancy compared with residents of almost all other high-income co...

This non-profit has been launched by Steve Ballmer and wife Connie.  Although most non-profits established by wealthy capitalists claim to b...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American family earned $74,664 (before taxes) and spent $57,311 across various expe...

Grant #2011-JF-FX-0001  Urban Institute  “Access to Safety, Health Outcomes, Substance Use and Abuse, and Service Provision for LGBTQ Youth,...

Socialized or single payer health insurance will not change some health problems that are unique to the United States, says N. Gregory Manki...

In the last 5 years I've seen the "uninsured" figure ranging from 35 to 45 million.  First, for my foreign FaceBook and blog...

Despite indignant Democratic denials, the near-certainty is that their plan will cause costs to rise across the board. The latest data on th...

Life expectancy needs to be looked at within the context of the success rate of treatments. If you can't get treated because of rationi...

When it looked like the battle would be between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Edwards and both were talking health care reform, I wrote the following...

Health care myths, pt. 2 Can the government do health care cheaper. No, that's a myth, or just a bald face lie. I was really puzzled by ...

Swine flu deaths now at 12 Another 30,000 and there will be as many as the regular, non-hyped flu.

Health Disparities in the U.S. This is certainly puzzling. The March 18 issue of JAMA has an article on health care in the U.S. that reports...

Deja Vu all over again "How good is government medical care?" asks Osler L. Peterson. Has a familiar ring, doesn't it? You r...