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D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Subject: Plotting to Socialize Medicine A swift attack is coming. “We need to be on the offense,” said the soon to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle. He claims they learned, from the Clinton failure, how to pass socialized healthcare. President-elect Obama believes that his health care gimmicks should be part of his economic recovery schemes. While you and I were decking the halls, and kissing our sweethearts under the mistletoe, h

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Must Daschle choose between Ludd or Astroturf Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 7:12 am Categories: General, Hospital IT, Medical Office IT, Government, U.S., Consumer Information, Medical IT, Medical Records, Insurance IT Tags: Incentive, Patient, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn Incoming HHS Secretary Tom Daschle today faces one of his first tests. Patient Privacy Rights, an Austin-based group we’ve cove

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Health conditions have alternative treatments. Admit it, not everyone can afford to pay for expensive medicines and other medical costs. If you want a cost-effective way to treat asthma, why don’t you try ‘asthma homeopathy’? Homeopathic asthma treatments are quite effective especially among recently diagnosed patients. Children and babies can benefit greatly from this type of treatment. There are times when the symptoms of asthma disappear when the child grows older but during their adulthoo

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The polls are now open in the Fifth Annual Medical Weblog Awards. Best Medical Weblog Clinical Cases and Images Clinical Correlations The Health Care Blog Kevin, M.D. WSJ Health Blog Please vote here… Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008) Laika’s MedLibLog Life in the Fast Lane medtechinsider The New Health Dialogue Science-Based Medicine Please vote here… Best Literary Medical Weblog Notes of an Anesthesioboist On The Clock other things amanzi Reflection

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Your Email or your life? It seems like everyone around me has a data plan but many Americans still don’t have health care. What’s up with that? More @ http://www.kravvykrav.com

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I have a very close friend (who shall go unnammed) that seems to admire Fidel Castro. Well my friend, I came across this post at IBD editorials about Cuba’s 50 years of failure, and I just had to share it! Spare us the fireworks and media-parroted claims of Fidel Castro’s dictatorship bringing universal health care and education to Cuba. The real story is that a prosperous Cuba was turned into ruins in just five decades. Its inflation-adjusted gross domestic product is a mere 5% of what it wa

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WASHINGTON Spending on health care slowed slightly in 2007 as consumers turned more to generic drugs instead of brand-names to fill their medicine cabinets, the government reported Monday. Although the cost of buying drugs, visiting the doctor or

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We’re hearing a lot about Israel’s supposed assault on “Hamas targets”, or what Israel – together with the more vulgar of its apologists - likes to term “terrorist infrastructure”. Let’s have a quick - and by no means exhaustive - look at what that phrase in fact refers to. Hospitals, ambulances and medical workers The Guardian (5 January): “…half of Gaza’s ambulances have already been destroyed…” Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (5 January): “Israeli army firing on first response units in

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Spending on health care slowed slightly in 2007 as consumers turned more to generic drugs instead of brand-names to fill their medicine cabinets, the government reported Monday.

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Adolescents aren’t just big kids, and too many start falling through cracks in the health care system - what a major new report calls missed opportunities to shape the next generation’s well-being.

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