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: Mainly of the Democratic persuasion but not a fan of the extremes on either side.
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Tag Archives: Medicare
Scapegoat?
Relative to the VA scandal, there is much to ponder. Even MSNBC’s sainted Rachel Maddow said the other night that it is “a test of government”, or words to that effect. Why does Medicare work and the VA healthcare system … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Uncategorized
Tagged Eric Shinseki, Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor, Medicare, Mental health, MSNBC, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Rachel Maddow
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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
Open Wide and Say, AHA!
Few events in American life are more controversial than healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act, also known as “ObamaCare”. The prejudice against it from the right has been so intense and prolonged that the mere term became a pejorative on … Continue reading
Said Butch Cassidy to the Sundance Kid
As is my wont of late I was listening to a pod-cast at the gym this morning and to my astonishment I heard an economist opine some of the same things I’ve been saying about the budget and debt crises. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Bush tax cuts, financial cliff, financial crisis, Medicare, Planet Money, Simon Johnson, Social Security
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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
The Voting Majority
George Will is not my favorite columnist, but I do like to read his commentary. If one can get past his pedantic vocabulary there is always actual reasoning that bears consideration. George never uses a small word when a large … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics
Tagged de Toqueville, entitlement reform, entitlements, George Will, MediCaid, Medicare, pedantry, pedants, Social Security, tyranny of the majority, vocabulary
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The Misunderstood Public Option
I was verbally jousting about health care on another blog recently when a commenter challenged my support for the Public Option. He charged that the PO would not reduce costs, that is unless I intended it to entail “rationing”. Surely, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Health, Uncategorized
Tagged doctors, Health care, MediCaid, medical costs, Medicare, public option
31 Comments
Healthcare Enlightenment
Here is another update on the high cost of American healthcare, for those of you who subscribed or commented on “A Simple Picture”. You see, I have had it pointed out to me twice now on other blogs by a … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Medicine
Tagged Chuck Grassley, doctor kickbacks, LabCorp, Max Baucus, MediCaid, Medicare, Medicare fraud, Quest Diagnostics, United States, USA Today
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Striking It Rich In Galena?
The practice of medicine continues to be a lucrative business, at least for some doctors. Only yesterday I posted about how medical insurance, unlike car or life insurance, is little more than passing on budget-killing costs to an increasingly needy … Continue reading
Still Skeptical After All These Years 