[NYTimes] With blood oozing from deep lacerations, the two patients arrived at California Pacific Medical Center’s tidy emergency room. Deepika Singh, 26, had gashed her knee at a backyard barbecue. Orla Roche, a rambunctious toddler on vacation wit…
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12/04/2013
As Hospital Prices Soar, a Stitch Tops $500
Obamacare has come under intense criticism for harming businesses, which will see their employee costs rise as a result of the ACA employer mandate. A recent New York Times article reported that complying with Obamacare regulations would “cost ab…
Celia Kitzinger and Jenny Kitzinger
12/02/2013
A Logical Truth About Religion
Whether you believe in God or not, belong to a specific faith or not, it is hard to deny the logic of the following statement:
“All those religions. They can’t all be right. But they can all be wrong.”
- Anonymous member of utopian Zoar communi…
12/02/2013
Nice Words That Backfire
Prior to taking a trip to the Galapagos, I was talking to a friend who, as we went our separate ways, said: “Well if I don’t see you again, have a great trip.”
Am I the only one who hears those nice words and then wonders whether I ne…
12/01/2013
On Dying After Your Time
[NY Times] HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — THIS fall Google announced that it would venture into territory far removed from Internet search. Through a new company, Calico, it will be “tackling” the “challenge” of aging.
The announcement, though, w…
11/30/2013
Bioethics International 2013-11-30 23:59:08
Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Donna Hanrahan.
The HITECH Act and “Meaningful Use”
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act offers hospitals and eligible healthcare professionals incentives fo…
[New York Times] It was supposed to be a moment of triumph. An august committee had for the first time relied only on the most rigorous scientific evidence to formulate guidelines to prevent heart attacks and strokes, which kill one out of every thre…
[Kaiser Health News] Come into city offices ranging from the Free Library to the Department of Records over the next few months and you will, in theory, be asked whether you have health insurance and offered information about Obamacare, including the o…
(Last Saturday, Scott Adams, the creator of the brilliant comic strip “Dilbert,” wrote in his blog a raw piece about physician-assisted suicide, which has created something of a stir. If you wish to read it, it is here; but I warn you, it i…