BurningbirdI joined the masses in attempting to access the new Healthcare Exchange yesterday. I thought I had an edge by creating an account with the system a few weeks back, but no such luck. Attempting to log in kept resulting in a blank page (which showed itself to be a “downstream error” when accessing the […]
My roommate was surprised by a card he received from his doctor this week. The doctor stated he was changing the way his practice worked, in order to provide a more “personalized approach”. There will be time to really discuss medical needs, the card noted. The appointments will be unhurried and quickly obtained. “To achieve […]
aroli was talking about an incident in her neighborhood via Twitter that I later found out to have been at a Healthcare reform protest put on by MoveOn. Karoli recounts the pro-reformer’s side of the event, and there seems to be any number of people wanting to jump on that particular wagon. I’m not one of them. The […]
I find it fascinating to watch what happens when progressives discover what kind of a person the CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey, is. Because his stores sell organic and healthy products, people automatically assumed he was a progressive like themselves. However, Mackey is the worst of fanatical libertarians, though it was only with the […]
Now this is damn clever: using Google searches to trend flu outbreaks. Google is aggregating flu-related searches into trending where flu outbreaks might be occurring, or about to occur. So far, knock on wood, the flu trend graph shows low activity for Missouri.