(No longer a newspaper, we try to matter)
Permanent Editorial?
Ignored in this and past political campaigns, the US wastes $1.56 Trillion/yr on inefficient health care compared with the OECD per capita average. Let's adopt efficient best practices instead of cutting Medicare and Medicaid coverage as part of some "Grand Bargain"
US per capita health care spending continues to be
DOUBLE OECD countries in Europe and Asia
(2009) without better results! (Ref.
2007,
selected 2007 with avg. doctor visits showing we're least cared for for the money, and
2003 and
1998.)
EXTRA PRICE GOUGING OF $4,727/PERSON/YR is trending ever higher; making US-made products higher priced, which makes it more profitable to offshore jobs.
Lastly and importantly, health workers' pay—excepting some greedy surgeons—is NOT a significant cause of the problem.
Sorry I didn't date this, which has been updated over time, my anger unrelenting. It was first posted in 2010, I think.
The 250 acre solar farm will supply 84 million kWh of energy annually, employing high-efficiency solar cells and an advanced solar tracking system. Apple also intends to build a third, smaller, bio-gas fuel-cell plant.
Nuclear Cheerleaders Use Voodoo Science to Pretend Low Levels of Radiation Are Safe ... Or Even Good For You
We need something that can deliver emission reductions from existing fleets of planes – and the solution already exists
Study of tree rings, corals and ice cores find unnatural spike in temperatures that lines up with manmade climate change
A new film provides a much-needed wake-up call for Americans: Our false sense of water abundance may be our great undoing.
Government ministers are "very skeptical" about the technology, which environmentalists claim can pollute groundwater.
by NEIN DANKE in
Spiegel | 12.05.14
More than 1.5 million people have petitioned Dilma Rousseff to reject a bill that may lead to further destruction of the Amazon
by JOHN VIDAL and DAMIAN CARRINGTON in
UK Guardian | 12.05.11
Was the US drug Vioxx responsible for far more deaths than has been acknowledged so far?
GLOBAL warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent
interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that
Canada would exploit the
oil in its vast tar sands reserves “regardless of what we do.”
What an irony that instead of fighting pollution and demanding change, the rich and famous think they can escape this noxious air.
[Quelle Surprise! Europe is smarter, while the US opts for shelf-life over health]
Food scandals are so costly to Big Food that it has repeatedly tried to kill the messenger rather than clean up its act.
by MARTHA ROSENBERG in
AlterNet | 12.05.10
In
2009, Americans spent $7,960 per person on health care. Our neighbors in Canada spent $4,808. The Germans spent $4,218. The French, $3,978.
If we had the per-person costs of any of those countries, America’s deficits would vanish....
How Industry Money Reaches (bribes?) Physicians
OECD Indicators
Why is Healthcare Absurdly Expensive in USA: Graphics (Part 2) (Part 1 is here)
Videos of Health Care Systems in Less Corrupt Countries
SOURCE: Public Broadcasting System & ABC News | Ref.
Health Care Reform Reality Check
SOURCE: The White House | Ref.
Health Care Reform: An Online Guide
SOURCE: Slate Mag. | Ref.
OECD Health Data [Updated 11.08.07]
SOURCE: OECD | Ref.
International Healthcare Systems Primer
SOURCE: The American Medical Student Association | Ref.
Global Warming LinksSOURCE: Readers | Ref.
In recognition of the dangers inherent in the consolidation of mainstream corporate media
The Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel (formerly a newspaper) advances awareness of important suppressed news and opinion.
The kindness of your donation would be appreciated
Subscribe for only $2.00/mo. Set low on purpose—we know we're not your main news source.
You can also mail a check to:
Baltimore News Network, Inc.
P.O. Box 42581
Baltimore, MD 21284-2581
by Readers | Ongoing
Open Letters:
| Arts & Education Events: |  |
empty...
