Category Archives: Health care

California Bill Would Allow Citizens to Enforce Assault Weapon Ban

Turnabout is fair play: A proposed California assualt weapon bill uses the private enforcement scheme of a notorious Texas anti-abortion law

New Data: Omicron BA.2 More Contagious and Severe than BA.1, Yet Officials Committed to Relaxing Protections

[Jaws theme song] BA.2 is coming….Maybe it won’t be that terrible, but you might get out of the water.

New Study Explains How Coronavirus Stays Airborne Longer Than Previously Thought

New information on the airborne spread of Covid.

This Doctor Thought She Could Navigate US Health Care. Then Her Autistic Son Needed Help.

Another example of how the US health care system fails patients that could be treated.

What Are Taxpayers Spending for Those ‘Free’ Covid Tests? The Government Won’t Say.

The officialdom is not giving straight answers to simple questions about how much it spent procuring those “free” Covid tests.

The 50 Biggest US Donors Gave or Pledged Nearly $28 Billion in 2021 – Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Account for $15 Billion of That Total

No, you are not paranoid if you worry about the outsized influence of the Gates Foundation.

Quelle Surprise! Covid Burden Falling Hardest on Low Income Workers…But Don’t Expect Any Help

Don’t get us wrong. We really like EPI. But a new piece on Covid’s impact on low income workers has good analysis and out of date proposals.

Ending Drug Price Gouging: A Regulatory Framework for Pricing of Medicine Innovation

regulators can step in to ensure drug pricing both supports patient access and drug development.

Covid Sightings: Omicron Reinfections, Brain Effects, Shabby US Performance, Western Australia Border Controls

There’s enough new Covid news as to merit some focus on the bigger developments…so have at it!

Covid Situation Continuing to Develop Not Necessarily to the Officialdom’s Advantage

The new Covid news isn’t better than the old Covid news, and some is actually disconcerting.

I Write About America’s Absurd Health Care System. Then I Got Caught Up in It.

I had 17 days’ worth of insulin left.

California Could Be on the Verge of Passing Single-Payer Health Care

California Assembly Bill 1400 shows that the funding math of single payer healtcare works. But does the politics?

‘No More Hiding’: Sanders Says Make GOP Vote on Popular Policies

Sanders: “The American people have a right to know where their senators stand on the most important issues impacting their lives.”

Pfizer Launches Clinical Trial for Omicron Booster Awfully Late….What Gives?

The curious plot so far: an off again, on again Pfizer Omicron booster.