Many people without group health insurance, VHA, Tricare/Champa, Medicare or Medicaid are dreading the Obamacare marketplace enrollment deadline in December. Why? Because interstate competition did not take off and premiums are rising. Health insurance premiums should have dropped because private … Continue reading →
Happy Thanksgiving Day! I put together a little pdf booklet of twelve vintage Navy menu’s served to sailors on Thanksgiving Day from 1900-1950. Maybe someone you know served on these ships. The menus didn’t change much. To view, click link … Continue reading →
Topic: Important nonpartisan accurate resources In 2014, I posted about CRS, a section of the Library of Congress (LINK). Some of its reports were posted online haphazardly. (The report I referenced has been updated.) During the pre-election craziness, I searched Wikileak’s … Continue reading →
I posted this TEDMED talk by Nathan Wolfe on ASKNOD in 2013. Dr. Wolfe provides an overview of how epidemiologists look at historical events and conditions to understand pandemics and epidemics. His slides and talk were not aligned and he … Continue reading →
Silvia sends us this picture of multi-dose vials from Wyeth, Merck and Parke. They were manufactured for jet injectors to deliver 50 doses per vial. If patient 1 was a blood-borne pathogen carrier, whose blood entered the vial, the next … Continue reading →
Anyone who tweets may want to get a few in at this online event. Attendees include lots of VIPs…but no VVA or other vet groups. Know Hepatitis: Reduce Liver Cancer Risk and Join a Liver Cancer Awareness Twitter Chat Tuesday, … Continue reading →
Albert L. Weiner, O.D., began practicing osteopathic neuropsychiatry in the 1940’s; he made it into the Guiness book of records as the world’s fastest psychiatrist after his greedy conduct was made public. According to court commentaries, when he wasn’t teaching … Continue reading →
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The VA sponsors outside research conducted at the MITRE Corporation (LINK and overview, LINK). They, in turn, subcontract with other researchers like the RAND corporation. RAND has a webpage (LINK) dedicated to opinion pieces, report downloads, and other information. They were subcontracted … Continue reading →
Bye bye estates? Bye bye kids’ inheritances? Long term care is another complicated VA benefit topic worth looking into because many of us were not able to purchase long term care insurance policies during the years we were raising children and … Continue reading →
News from Frank (VT) to consider: Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) is working on a bill that contains many VA healthcare restructuring proposals. She wants feedback on the 58-page discussion draft (LINK). “With this draft legislation, my goal is for … Continue reading →
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