San Miguel de Allende In San Pedro de Martir close to the edge of the Districto Federal with signs indicating we were within 50 kilometers of Cuernavaca, one of the big issues was a polluted creek contaminating the area and the water supply. Nearby companies claiming to have permits for the dumping had created a …
Category: Health Care
Impacting Healthcare: Organizing Medical “Hotspots”
Toronto Dr. Atul Gawande writing in the current issue of The New Yorker (1/24/11) interjects himself once again into the national (global?) health care debate by pointing out that hard data often reveals, as it did in Camden, New Jersey, that as much as 30% of health care costs are generated by as few as …
Palin’s Gunsights on Gabrielle Giffords and Others
New Orleans This is Giffords herself talking about Palin’s targeting and health care vote: As Giffords says below: “there are consequences to these kinds of actions.” “Arizona has become the mecca of prejudice and bigotry,” said Keith Olbermann, quoting the Pima County Sheriff who is investigating the murder of 6 persons in Tucson on Saturday. The …