Pediatrician Aaron Carroll summarizes recent research showing the Medicaid benefits for children end up saving the federal government money. How is that possible? Because children who had health insurance through Medicare grow up healthier and are less likely to be … Continue reading
The Big Short begins with an on-screen quotation: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Perhaps appropriately for a film largely about mistakes and fraud, it … Continue reading
On Friday the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a crackdown on two massive robocall operations as described on their website. Unfortunately the penalties sound less like a crackdown than a wrist-slap. The two “ringleaders,” Justin Ramsey and Mike Jones, along … Continue reading
Brian Keith Dalton makes a good point here about nominees to the Supreme Court: Link: https://youtu.be/Mvzf8nw9KQs In brief, last year GOP leaders in Congress refused for the first time in American history even to consider the president’s nominee to fill … Continue reading
Two videos from back in September have renewed relevance because U.S. policy is about to change soon based on irrational fear. First Stephen Colbert addresses the fear in 3.5 minutes, then John Oliver goes into a little more detail in … Continue reading
Most Americans know that we pay a lot for healthcare compared with other developed countries without necessarily better results, but there’s still a lot of confusion, notably about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). That’s based on a poll published January … Continue reading
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones offers up a useful reference guide to Trump’s key advisors. I found this both pretty funny and pretty chilling: Jared Kushner = Rasputin Michael T Flynn* = Dick Cheney Reince Priebus = H.R. Haldeman Steve … Continue reading
Yesterday Trump tweeted, “It’s finally happening – Fiat Chrysler just announced plans to invest $1BILLION in Michigan and Ohio plants, adding 2000 jobs.” That’s great news for the people getting those jobs, but what’s this “finally”? Under Obama, the U.S. … Continue reading
Kevin Drum had an interesting post yesterday about a course change among Republicans in Congress. Even many members of the House Freedom Caucus, the farthest right group of Republicans in the House of Representatives, are saying they plan to vote … Continue reading
A mid-December poll from The Economist / YouGov highlights how differently Clinton and Trump voters view the world. As with any poll one can raise questions about methodology and how accurately the sample of people surveyed reflect voters. But we’re … Continue reading