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Health care rant

News Commentary 22 April 2010 | 0 Comments

This is what is wrong with healthcare in America. Matilda had a bronchial infection, so the doctor prescribed antibiotics. The particular antibiotic that she prescribed cost us $53 (with insurance). If I did not have insurance it would have cost me over $80. Is azithromycin SOOOOO much better than $4 amoxicillin? And is the doctor [...]

14 kids

News Commentary 30 January 2009 | 0 Comments

Did you hear about that woman who just had 8 kids? Well, it turns out that she already has 6 kids at home and that she is a single mother who lives with her parents in a three bedroom house? http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=6767745&page=1 The eight babies were delivered by a team of 46 doctors, nurses and assistants [...]

I heart Obama

News Commentary 23 January 2009 | 0 Comments

He overturned the global gag rule which is a policy that denies funding to any organization that performs or counsels women about abortion — even if that money was used for other procedures such as HIV prevention or contraception. More info about that on http://www.choicematters.org. And he is closing Gitmo. Yay!