I’m glad someone is talking about it

Clinton unveils mandatory health care insurance plan - CNN.com
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton announced a $110 billion health care reform plan Monday that would require all Americans to have health insurance.
Clinton unveiled her “American Health Choices Plan,” during a high-profile speech at a hospital in the key campaign state of Iowa, surrounded by [...]

I want to know who pays my Doctor

Perks for doctors are largely hidden | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
CHICAGO — Want to know if your doctor accepts money and gifts from drug companies? Chances are it will be pretty tough to find out, a study of disclosure laws in two pioneering states suggests.
Minnesota and Vermont were the first two states to enact laws [...]

Go to prison, live longer and other ramblings for today

What an odd little bit of trivia.

State prisoners living longer than people outside | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

WASHINGTON — State prison inmates, particularly blacks, are living
longer on average than people on the outside, the government said
Sunday.
Inmates in state prisons are dying at an average yearly rate of 250
per 100,000, according to the latest figures reported [...]

Things that make me go hmmmmm

The ultimate drug deal:
The flaws in the Medicare Plan D program didn’t crop up without anyone seeing them coming. They are the expected result of the way Congress designed the program. So ask those who want to serve you how they’ll fix its flaws.The greatest of them arises from a feature inserted to protect drug [...]