Jim Wheeler
BS, USNA, Annapolis, 1959; MSA, The Geo. Washington U., 1975; Submariner, Commander, USN, 1959 - 1981; Aerospace battery engineer & mgr., 1981 - 1999; Political affiliation: Staunchly Democratic, converted after the GOP receded from its Eisenhower roots.
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Tag Archives: healthcare
The Chargemaster
One of the several magazines I subscribe to is Time. It’s skinnier than it used to be and it doesn’t provide as extensive a coverage of the nation’s culture as it used to aspire doing, but it does produce writing … Continue reading
Reflections on Fried Chicken
As fellow blogger Pied Type noted this morning, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg has done a significant thing by banning sugary drink sizes larger than 16 ounces. Pied Type doesn’t like this interference in private affairs at all. I for one … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, government regulation
Tagged ABC News, Bloomberg, EMTALA, Health, healthcare, Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Soft drink
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China Redux?
A major meme driving conservatives’ disparagement, nay hatred, of Obamacare, is that it is a socialistic approach to medicine, something that is ruining “the greatest healthcare system in the world” by turning competitive businesses (the medical industrial complex) into a … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare
Tagged ACA, bureaucracy, capitalism, China, healthcare, malpractice, maozedong, medical errors, ObamaCare, primary medicine, socialism, socialized medicine
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
If you want to tick off an American, any American, young, old, male, female, just try ordering them around. Want to see real anger? Pass a law telling them what they have to buy. mandate noun 1. an official order … Continue reading
