Category Archives: Health care

Whoops, Dander Way Back Up: What’s With the Vaccines?

A detailed discussion around the world of some of the many ways officials and executives are impeding the districution of vaccines.

Schaudenfreude Alert: Bezos-Buffet-Dimon Health Care Industry Disruptor Haven Makes Faceplant, Announces Closure

Even three rich smart guys couldn’t get a half baked idea like Haven off the ground.

2021 Will Be Volatile

Richard Murphy’s 2021 forecast.

4 Burning Questions on the Global Vaccine Rollout

Warnings of “corruption and incompetence coming together,” as vaccine distribution begins.

Polarization, Then a Crash: Michael Hudson on the Rentier Economy

Michael Hudson discusses the chokehold of pro-finance, pro-rentier capitalism reaching into the present COVID-19 crisis.

DoJ Launches Nationwide Lawsuit Against Walmart for Opioids Violations

Feds file civil charges against Walmart for opioids violations – eschewing criminal corporate charges even for obvious drug pushing.

Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.

COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been deficient and disorganized, suffering from flaws that plague the U.S. for-profit health care system.

Rolling Out the Vaccine

More discussion of vaccine policy, such as it is.

Controversial ‘Spy Tech’ Firm Palantir Lands £23m NHS Data Deal

Exclusive: UK government sneaks through new NHS COVID data contract, despite legal challenges.

SCOTUS: States Can Bar Pharmacy Benefit Manager Grifting

A new Supreme Court ruling upholds the ability of states to regulate pharmacy benefit managers.

Covid, the Politicization of Science, and More Questions About the Pfizer Vaccine Approval

How political considerations are getting in the way of science-based policy, as in not unduly tainted by commerce, special interests, or fashion.

Further Discussion of the Red Flags in the Pfizer Vaccine Paper in the New England Journal of Medicine

Responding to critics of a post on the Pfizer vaccine paper and editorial.