Good lord, I'm doing LJ once every six months now. I really, really have to spend more time here ( Read more... )

I certainly don't expect a lot of my politically-right-leaning friends to read this exhaustive article in the Daily Kos about how the Republican party has fought against the Affordable Care Act with lies, disinformation, and more lies; I expect even fewer to think about it. But I thought it was worth it to at least have the information out here, ( Read more... )

On this dKos page, which also has links to US statistics and resources (more in the comments).

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I am so very sorry ( Read more... )

The other day, a mild cough turned into a full-blown upper respiratory infection. You know, the one with the cough like a blast furnace and your whole body saying, "Are you SURE you don't have the flu? 'Cause, man, this don't feel good ( Read more... )

It's not often the phrase "Heroic Reagan Administration Official" springs to mind.

Charles Everett Koop has passed away at the age of 96. And he definitely wasn't the type you'd consider progressive by his resume: personally against homosexuality, abortion, and pre-marital sex, he nevertheless was a strong proponent of educating the public about ( Read more... )

I hate this kind of cold. I could feel it sneaking up Saturday night and all day yesterday, just a little rawness at the back of the throat, a tickle that eventually turned into a raspy cough that sounds like a soot-covered bellows. Now the upper part of my chest is tight, and the cough hurts just a little bit (it actually was worse earlier in ( Read more... )

From his wife Kathleen.

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The old poor-sick-people-can-go-to-the-Emergency-Room trick.

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Details here, official decision here, analysis ever-damn-where.

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