by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 17, 2019 | Health Care
Here’s How Broken the U.S. Healthcare System Is From skyrocketing drug prices to skimpy health insurance, this infographic shows how broken the current U.S. healthcare system is in four simple...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 22, 2017 | • Politics, Capitalism, Democracy, Economics & The Economy, Education, Health Care, Income Inequality, Jobs
Harvard Business School: The U.S. Political System Has Been ‘Hijacked’ – The Intellectualist A new case study by Harvard Business School asserts that U.S. politicians have rigged the system to such a degree that the U.S. is becoming a failed...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 20, 2017 | • Politics, Health Care
Jimmy Kimmel: Senator Bill Cassidy “Lied Right to My Face” The continuing radicalization of Jimmy Kimmel proceeded apace on Tuesday night, as the former Man Show host used his Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue to call Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy a liar....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 15, 2017 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Health Care, Income Inequality
This is one of the features of the Neoliberal system,…health-care that’s nonexistent or maybe crappy or maybe too expensive to use so is it any wonder were dying younger. —”Absent a war or an epidemic, it’s unusual and alarming for life expectancies...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 26, 2017 | • Politics, Health Care, The Republicans
…socializing healthcare is the only demonstrably effective way to control costs and cover everyone. It results in a healthier country and it saves a ton of money. The Conservative Case for Universal Healthcare Yes, that’s a bold claim given that a...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 23, 2017 | • Politics, Health Care, The Republicans
While true it is a generalization and generalizations can be tragically wrong I think it still holds to be mostly true and accurate that Republicans are a party of ideology where as the Progressive Left is more driven by acting on empiraclal truths. Why Republicans...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 23, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Health Care
Trumpcare Is Dead. “Single Payer Is the Only Real Answer,” Says Medicare Architect. Thanks to a pair of defections from more GOP senators late yesterday, the Republican plan to repeal and replace or simply repeal the Affordable Care Act is dead – for...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 1, 2017 | • Politics, Health Care
Interesting,…Steven Brill that a 3-to-1 ratio between the rates charged for older people and those for the youngest adults is not enough and does not match the relative actuarial costs of insuring those two very different groups. He writes the ratio should...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 19, 2017 | Health Care
Five Percent of Americans Account For 50 Percent of U.S. Medical Bills Each year, 1 in every 20 Americans racks up just as much in medical bills as another 19 combined. This critical five percent of the U.S. population is key to solving the nation’s health care...