Last week, USA Today published an opinion editorial column attributed to Donald Trump titled "Democrats 'Medicare for All' plan will demolish promises to seniors." Immediately, Washington Post fact-checkers got to work. And what they found was nothing short of astounding. It turns...
Let's take a moment to close our eyes and think of a cigar smoke-filled room in a local Georgetown bar. The time is early November in the year 2008. Inside this room are some of...
You may have heard scuttlebutt that Republicans are at it again. As early as today or tomorrow, Republicans in Congress may vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka "Obamacare." Yes, the abysmal failure...
Alex Wubbels being manhandled by Jeff Payne (screenshot courtesy YouTube)
Anyone who sees footage of a Salt Lake City police detective try to bully a nurse at University of Utah Hospital into letting him draw blood from an unconscious drunk driving victim would wonder how...
I have grown up as a patient. When I was in kindergarten, I started gathering chronic illness diagnoses and, apparently, don't know how to stop. I have become increasingly political in recent years, thanks to...
obama smoking
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Barack Obama said he believes marijuana use should be treated as a public health issue: "I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we...
They're at it again. As if the proposed Senate Republican tax plan did not put enough targets on average Americans' backs, according to multiple reports, the revised bill includes another insult: repeal the Affordable Care Act's, aka Obamacare, individual...
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics just released new data showing that last year, U.S. death rates rose for the first time in a decade. "The crude death rate for all causes was 841.9 per 100,000 population,...
To date, more than 390,000 Americans have succumbed to COVID-19. As of Saturday, there are 23,644,885 confirmed cases in the United States. By the time you read this, it will be much higher, as officials warn we could...
Salma Hayek rushed to a hospital wearing a completely inappropriate shirt.
Celebrities' movie projects sometimes require them to don some unexpected getups, as was the case with actress Salma Hayek two weeks ago, when she was rushed to a hospital wearing a completely inappropriate shirt. Scroll down...
vaccines donald trump
What a crazy night. The second GOP debate was even more entertaining than the first. There were soooooo many insanely stupid moments. As we expected, clown candidate Donald Trump was one of the biggest stars...
Georgia State Representative Betty Price (image courtesy Georgia House of Representatives via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Earlier this week, we got a very loud reminder that state elections matter at least as much as federal elections. A Republican state representative in Georgia who happens to be the wife of a former...
No matter how hard they try to pretend they actually give a damn about average Americans, Republicans seem to have a weakness for saying what they really feel when there's a camera around, proving their...
healthcare
The House will be voting on the American Healthcare Act, aka "Trumpcare" next week, and despite what we've been told, it's not a sure thing. As the day of the vote draws near, more and...
This piece was originally a section in another article on which I'm currently working. But there was so much information that I felt it began to take over the entire original article, and I made...
Donald Trump is again promising that every American will be "beautifully covered" under his proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but again refused to provide even the slightest amount of specifics to back...
Bob Ruscoe is one of millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump in November, even though doing so was against his best interests, especially on the issue of health care. And now he's practically...
Speaking at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines over the weekend, Dr. Ben Carson, a likely contender for the 2016 Republican nomination for President, said he vehemently opposes the Affordable Care Act--also known as...
crying
Did you know that Humans are the only species that produce tears when emotional? Tears are not just superficial expressions of emotion, however. They also serve a very necessary purpose. There are 3 types of...
criminal law
By definition, criminal law is the legislation of a state or country dealing with criminal offenses and their punishments.?Over a dozen states have decriminalized marijuana with both Colorado and Washington state making it entirely legal.?There...