Category Archives: Healthcare

‘Giving’ You the Tools: The Paxilovid Infection

Posted on October 18, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

And by giving I mean “charging enough to limit availability to those who need it.” From CNN (boldface mine): The price of the lifesaving Covid-19 medication Paxlovid is likely to rise next year for most patients as the United States … Continue reading →

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When Government Spending Prevents Personal Debt

Posted on February 24, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s a pretty obvious phenomenon: when federal spending is cut, personal debt rises (or at least wealth declines). This will show up in credit scores (boldface mine): Today, we look at a big, fat map of credit scores reproduced from … Continue reading →

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Why We Need a Universal Healthcare System: The Inability to Count Edition

Posted on December 20, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve been writing about this for years, but our healthcare debate isn’t about healthcare per se, it’s about healthcare insurance. That is, the money is the easy part (even though the U.S. political system and actors within it go out … Continue reading →

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They Are Telling Us Who They Are: Sen. Tillis’ Aide Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Posted on September 9, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

A while ago, some asshole with a blog noted that cruelty is an ideology: But I think this misses the ideological component to this… consider, instead, healthcare. A fair number of conservatives don’t have a problem with our current system. … Continue reading →

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Biden’s Medicare Proposal Is Not an Olive Branch, but a Dick Punch

Posted on April 10, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Biden released two proposals today, about which he claims: Senator Sanders and his supporters can take pride in their work in laying the groundwork for these ideas, and I’m proud to adopt them as part of my campaign at this … Continue reading →

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Why We Need a Universal Healthcare System

Posted on April 3, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

As some asshole with a blog has mentioned many times, we need a universal healthcare system. Forget for a moment the discussion we had during the presidential primary season about exactly what that system would look like and WHO WILL … Continue reading →

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If (or When) Healthcare Insurance Companies Go Bust

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Dean Baker asks a good question in “What Do We Do When the Coronavirus Bankrupts the Health Insurance Industry?” (boldface mine): I suppose it’s not an absolute certainty, but with Donald Trump in charge of stopping the spread of the … Continue reading →

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Score One for the Socialist

Posted on March 16, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

No, it’s not fundamentally reconfiguring the economy, but Virginia’s socialist in the House of Delegates, who both defeated a powerful Republican and won re-election, did a good thing recently (boldface mine): One of the biggest bills of the year is … Continue reading →

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A Liberal Is a Conservative Who Has Been Sneezed on

Posted on March 9, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

For those who don’t get the reference (you whippersnappers with your avocado toast!), it refers to the old saw “a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged.” Anyway, it appears some conservatives are loving themselves some ‘socialism‘ (boldface mine): … Continue reading →

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There’s More to Healthcare than Bending Cost Curves Like Beckham

Posted on February 25, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

One of my concerns, among several, about the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., as well as our ability to mitigate the damage from an outbreak, is our crappy healthcare system. There are too many assholes who view … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare, Public Health, Viruses | 2 Comments