New Orleans A bi-partisan group of US Senators, led by Orin Hatch (R-UT) has asked for an investigation of physician-owned-distributorships (POD) and the lack of safeguards preventing docs from unnecessary surgeries utilizing devices that enrich them because they are distributors for manufacturers. A study Hatch released indicated these PODs are legal in 20 states now …
Category: Health Care
Mr. President Don’t let Healthcare Coverage be Taken from Healthcare Workers
Tegucigalpa Before dawn in Honduras with the birds still loud and the sun still just a rumor, I was writing a petition for Local 100 members (www.unitedlaborunions.org) to be able to get out through our leaders and stewards throughout Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas to demand that President Obama, DHS, Congressional Representatives, Senators and just about …
Stress and Bad Health in Poor Communities
Nairobi The cultural shift of time zones and airports between New Orleans and Nairobi might only add up to 8 hours forward and cooler, drier temperatures but going from True Grit on the United Airlines screens to all of the news now from Al Jazeera is a big change worth noting. Plane loads of lawyers …