Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect background

Nov 06, 2009 - This is just interesting, so I thought I'd share. WASHINGTON – His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. - 86 Comments

Health care businesses at risk in House overhaul

Oct 30, 2009 - WASHINGTON – The health care overhaul bill produced by House Democrats would impose an array of new taxes, fees and government mandates on major players in the health industry, including insurers, doctors and drugs and medical devices makers. In most cases, the pain has been meted out with an eye toward raising the money needed to finance President Barack Obama's plan for reshaping the health system but also with careful regard for gaining the votes that will be needed to pass a final bill. Democrats hope to vote next week on the measure, which would extend health coverage to tens of millions of Americans who don't have it, impose sweeping new restrictions on private insurers and create a government-run insurance plan to compete with them. - 14 Comments

Pelosi: New health care bill is 'historic moment'

Oct 29, 2009 - WASHINGTON – After months of struggle, House Democrats rolled out sweeping legislation Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan largely tailored to President Barack Obama's liking. Speaking on the steps of the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress was at a "historic moment" and lawmakers were "on the cusp of delivering on the promise of making affordable, quality health insurance available to every American." - 4 Comments

Who Killed California?

Oct 15, 2009 - by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post.  The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages.  It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your  mind up what to believe before reading. - 29 Comments

medical innovation and health care costs

Oct 01, 2009 - Does High-Tech Medicine Mean Higher Health Care Costs? A new report finds that medical innovation boosts life expectancy, but doesn't cost more Ronald Bailey | September 29, 2009 "About half of all growth in health care spending in the past several decades was associated with changes in medical care made possible by advances in technology," declared a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report last year. "Health care economists attribute about 50 percent of the annual increase of health costs to new technologies or to the intensified use of old ones," writes bioethicist Daniel Callahan in his new book, Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System. - 3 Comments

Texas begins $3 billion quest to cure cancer

Oct 03, 2009 - AUSTIN, Texas – Texas gave birth to the modern oil industry, invented the handheld calculator and sent man to the moon. But can the Lone Star State cure cancer? Texas is ready to try by investing $3 billion over the next decade in cancer research and prevention, which would make the state the gatekeeper of the second largest pot of cancer research dollars in the country, behind only the National Cancer Institute. - 37 Comments

In Memory of Virgina Tech

Apr 16, 2009 - Relatives to run in memory of Va. Tech victims Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. – Many of those injured in the mass shootings at Virginia Tech two years ago plan to participate in a race in memory of the victims. - 9 Comments

AP IMPACT: School drinking water contains toxins

Sep 25, 2009 - CUTLER, Calif. – Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins. An Associated Press investigation found that contaminants have surfaced at public and private schools in all 50 states — in small towns and inner cities alike. - 4 Comments

E-mail to Obama

Sep 16, 2008 - E-mail to Obama: dishonest TV ad, wrong audience The Democrat's latest attack on John McCain takes poor aim at his age and knowledge of technology. Jonah Goldberg September 16, 2008 After running a brilliant and historic primary battle to defeat Hillary Clinton, the Obama campaign is now in disarray. Why? - 2 Comments