Posts belonging to Category 'Health'
July 23, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Code Red Heat Alert in Baltimore City for Friday and Saturday. Cooling centers are open in the city. Call 311 for locations.
Temperatures 95+ on Friday. 100+ on Saturday. Highs of 103-106 possible on Saturday. Oppressively high humidity. Heat index temps 95 to 105 on Friday, and up to 110 on Saturday. That’s right, the heat [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Health, Life, Maryland, Nature, News | 
Tags: Baltimore County, Eastern Shore, Heat, Summer, Weather | 
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April 29, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Why can’t other states be as good as Maryland?
I knew Maryland was ahead of other states in health care. After all, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is reputedly the best hospital in the world.
And this CNN news report by Elizabeth Cohen reveals surprising facts about hospital profits in Maryland. Did you know that the state [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Health, Health care, Maryland | Tags: health insurance, Hospitals, Medicine, Money, Socialized medicine | No Comments »
March 16, 2010 | Posted by BJH
We’re almost to the end of the debate on health insurance reform. It hasn’t been pretty. It hasn’t been handled well by anyone — House, Senate, Democrats, Republicans, President Barack Obama.
President Obama was naive in trusting Congress to act responsibly. Chalk it up to inexperience. In return for the president’s trust, Congress acted like irresponsible [...]
Categories: Democracy, Health, Health care, Maryland, Politics | Tags: Change, Democrats, Eastern Shore, Frank Kratovil, health insurance | No Comments »
February 25, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Maryland is well-represented in President Barack Obama’s health-care showdown today, live and televised from Blair House.
As President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walked across the street to the White House for the lunch break, the president paused for an impromptu one-on-one with Rep. Steny Hoyer, the congressman from Southern Maryland, who also happens [...]
Categories: Democracy, Health, Health care, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics, Social Justice, Taxes | Tags: Barack Obama, Change, Congress, Democrats, health insurance, Republicans, Rich | 1 Comment »
February 21, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Maryland On My Mind has never done this before, but today I’m posting an e-mail in it’s entirety from TrueMajority, which is associated with MoveOn.org.
But first, I would like to propose a simplified health-care bill, something along the lines of:
This act extends Medicare to all U.S citizens.
The U.S. courts shall impose penalties ranging from five [...]
Categories: Democracy, Economy, Health, Health care, News, Politics, Social Justice, Taxes | Tags: Change, Election 2010, health insurance, Inheritance tax, Medicare, Medicare fraud, Rich | 1 Comment »
February 10, 2010 | Posted by BJH
People in Maryland are responsible for keeping their own sidewalks clear of snow, Gov. Martin O’Malley noted today.
But much more important, people are also responsible for taking care of their hearts, the governor said.
Shoveling snow causes many heart attacks. Gov. O’Malley urged Marylanders to use extreme caution when shoveling snow.
As for driving, the governor [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Health, Life, Maryland, Montgomery County, Nature, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Eastern Shore, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Snow, Storms, Weather, Winter | No Comments »
November 19, 2009 | Posted by BJH
A while ago I wrote a post titled Corruption, Greed, And incompetence. When we talk about corruption, we think of big government and big business. But corruption pervades every aspect of American culture and society. It’s a rot and decay that threatens to destroy American civilization. We hardly notice anymore.
Here’s an example of the current [...]
Categories: Culture, Health, Health care, Life | Tags: Civilization, community, Corruption, Ethics, Zeitgeist | 3 Comments »
November 8, 2009 | Posted by BJH
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Whip James Clyburn, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
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We saw democracy in action tonight. Democracy is not a sure thing. How small is the margin between success and failure. Between victory and defeat. Progress and regression. How many votes to change history? [...]
Categories: Democracy, Health, Health care, Leadership, News, Politics, WordPress Political Blogs | Tags: Barack Obama, Change, Democrats, Frank Kratovil, health insurance, James Clyburn, Nancy Pelosi, Public option, Republicans, Steny Hoyer | 1 Comment »
November 7, 2009 | Posted by BJH
Here is a message I sent to Rep. Frank Kratovil today through his Web site, http://kratovil.house.gov/index.html.
Rep. Kratovil
Thank you for releasing a statement explaining your position on the health care bill. The reasons you give for opposing the bill ring hollow to me: i.e. the bill doesn’t reduce health costs enough, and the bill [...]
Categories: Democracy, Health, Health care, Maryland, News, Politics, WordPress Political Blogs | Tags: Frank Kratovil, health insurance, Public option | 8 Comments »
October 14, 2009 | Posted by BJH
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Sen. Olympia Snow is suddenly looking like a potentially superior candidate for president, a candidate who just might be able to lead the Republican Party out of the wilderness. If you never heard of the senator from Maine, you have by now.
Sen. Snow, 62, has the experience and gravitas. She has [...]
Categories: Democracy, Health, Leadership, Politics, WordPress Political Blogs | Tags: Democrats, health insurance, Olympia Snow, Republicans | No Comments »
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