Lots Of Health And Longevity Charts Comparing U.S. With Rest Of World
Excerpt:"While life expectancy in the United States used to be one year above the OECD average in 1970, it is now more than one year below the average," the authors write. "Many possible explanations...
View ArticleA Mindless GOP: Republicans’ Farcically Quick Opposition To Obama’s Iran Deal
By Dana Milbank, Published: November 25, 2013Republicans are opposed to President Obama’s deal with the Iranians — whatever it is.A couple of minutes after 9 p.m. on Saturday, word crossed the news...
View ArticlePope Francis Rips Capitalism And Trickle-Down Economics In New Policy Statement
"Pope Francis Criticizes Global Economy. These 13 Charts Flesh It Out"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/pope-francis-criticizes-global-economy.html***By Travis GettysTuesday, November 26,In...
View Article21 Ways The Canadian Health Care System Is Better Than Obamacare. Ralph Nader
Ralph NaderCostly complexity is baked into Obamacare. No health insurance system is without problems but Canadian style single-payer full Medicare for all is simple, affordable, comprehensive and...
View Article"Is Obamacare Turning The Corner?" Ezra
A spin through HealthCare.Gov this morning went smoothly. The site loaded quickly. The process progressed easily. There were no error messages or endless hangs. I didn't complete the final step of...
View Article80% Of Patients Leave ICU With Brain Dysfunction. What Are Hospitals Doing...
Hospitals are reforming the patient experience after the ICU. "As many as 80% of ICU survivors have some form of cognitive or brain dysfunction, according to the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and...
View ArticleThe Republicans' Choice: Politics? Or The Health Of Their Constituents?
The real death panels are all sponsored by Republican "free markets" which always leave tens of millions of Americans without healthcare coverage, a circumstance that results in 45,000 needless deaths...
View ArticleRepublican Death Panels
Republican Death Panels(The only kind)Real death panels are sponsored by Republican "free markets" which always leave tens of millions of Americans without healthcare coverage, a circumstance that...
View ArticleChicago Time Lapse Video
Chicago Timelapse Project - Windy City Nightsfrom Max Wilson Video at http://vimeo.com/76293321?wpisrc=nl_wonkWindy City Nights is the result of a two year journey through Chicago at night. I started...
View ArticleRon Unz, A Conservative, Is Leading The Push To Raise California's Minimum Wage
Ron Unz"He plans to pour his own money into a ballot measure to increase the minimum wage in California to $10 an hour in 2015 and $12 in 2016, which would make it by far the highest in the nation....
View ArticleThe US Has 43 Nuclear Power Plants' Worth Of Solar Energy In The Pipeline
"The boom in solar energy in the US in recent years? You haven't seen anything yet. The pipeline of photovoltaic projects has grown 7% over the past 12 months and now stands at 2,400 solar...
View ArticlePope Francis Criticizes Global Economy. These 13 Charts Flesh It Out
Pope Francis didn't use charts in his new apostolic exhortation. Wonkblog fixed that. ***"Pope Francis Rips Capitalism And Trickle-Down Economics In New Policy...
View Article"Obamacare Won’t Get 7 Million Enrollees In 2014 — and That’s Okay." Ezra Klein
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear Discusses Decisive Success Of Obamacare In A Red State That Promotes...
View Article"How High Will Sea Levels Rise? Let's Ask The Experts"
VeniseVenicePosted by Brad Plumer on November 26, 2013 Sea-level rise could prove to be one of the most far-reaching effects of global warming. Coastal regions will have to spend billions on defenses....
View ArticleWhat Happens When Obamacare Works. Prepare For The Inevitable
Kentucky released this video in May to explain how reform would work23 Comments Beyond all the political rhetoric, there's a simple reality: Obamacare was designed to help real people solve a real...
View ArticleObamacare And New Democrats. The GOP's Worst Nightmare
This, in Kentucky, sent shivers up the GOP's spine:[35-year-old Ronald Hudson had] never had insurance before and said his hospital bills were up to $23,000 at this point.“Good night,” Lively said,...
View ArticleObamacare Launched Single-Payer In America. The GOP Too Terrified To Even...
"A Dose Of Socialism Could Save Our States - State Sponsored, Single Payer Healthcare Would Bring In Business & Jobs" Rick Ungar, Forbes Magazine...
View ArticleA Dose Of Socialism Could Save Our States: Single Payer Would Bring Business...
Government Supervised Universal Care is an economic advantage acrosws the developed...
View ArticleNYT: Pope Sets Down Goals For An Inclusive Church, Reaching Out ‘On The Streets’
Pope Francis spoke to a group of Argentine labor union leaders in Vatican City on Tuesday.***Evangelii GaudiumAn Apostolic...
View ArticleIs Obamacare On The Rebound? Media Turn To Positive Stories. Prepare For Success
Democrats have been tasked with finding more people like Cathey Park from Cambridge, Mass., who shared her thoughts on Obamacare on her cast as she waited for President Obama to speak in Boston last...
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