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If I had to choose between high priced arrogant profiteering insurance corporations and uninspired, underpaid, uninterested bureaucratic medical providers, I would hitchhike to Mexico or Canada.

Posted by bosskitty June 15th, 2009 | Tags: AMA, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Economics of Health, Health Care, Medical System, Medicare, Obama, Public Health, US Congress Committee on Oversight | Category: Accountability, American Medical Association, Big Pharma, Congressional Oversight, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Economics of Health, Health Care, Insurance, Medical System, Medicare, Mismanagement, PTSD, Public Health, VA, Veterans Health Administration, War Cost, mental health, negligence, veterans benefits | Comments (7)

With the current state of US and world economy, the alternative to jumping out a window, committing a heinous crime or planting your pup tent under an overpass, is retire early  and collect your meager social  security check at general delivery.  Yes, the post office still has General Delivery.
Have you made the right choice?  Maybe [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 25th, 2009 | Tags: pensioner, poverty, Public Health, recession, Retirement, social policy, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Tax Dollars, taxpayers, unemployed | Category: Poor, Public Health, Retirement, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Tax Dollars, pensioner, poverty, recession, social policy, taxpayers, unemployed | Comments (1)

Hopefully SCI has bought their LAST politician. Its NOT about SERVICE, its about profiteering. Then the inevitable BUSH connection … SCI has been caught scamming before.

Posted by bosskitty April 6th, 2009 | Tags: Arlington National Cemetery, breach of ethics, Corporate corruption, Funeral Homes, Service Corporation International | Category: Corporate corruption, GREED, George Bush, Politics, Public Health, Senator John Cornyn, Service Corporation International, VA, abuse, breach of ethics, economics, fraud, hygiene, neglect, pollution, profiteers, sanitation, veterans | Comments (6)

Thank You, Austin American Statesman and Austin Central Appraisal District for bringing the top water offenders to our attention.  To be

fair, there are other factors worth considering about this chart. Why didn’t the Statesman show a 3-4 months usage average, instead of one month?  Why didn’t Statesman address the broken pipe trend? How hard [...]

Posted by bosskitty August 15th, 2008 | Tags: Accountability, Austin, conservation, public utilities, regulation, Texas, Water | Category: Accountability, Austin, Environment, Politics, Public Health, Water, changing planet, conservation, policy, public utilities | Leave a comment

Medicare: Thousands of Medicare Providers Abuse the Federal Tax System
F.D.A. Issues Strictest Warning on Diabetes Drugs
As America ages, the GREED factor related to Health Care grows exponentially. Services provided are watered down and cost is inflated to squeeze every penny out of the US Taxpayer. Health Care is no longer the realm of [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 21st, 2008 | Tags: Avandia, Big Pharma, Corporate corruption, FDA, Health Care, Medical System, Politics, Tim Russert | Category: Accountability, Big Pharma, Corporate Corruption, FDA, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Hypocracy, National, Oversight, Politics, Public Health, Scandal, Tim Russert, Whistleblower, abuse, cover up, manufacturers, marketing, pharmaceuticals, profiteers | Leave a comment

It used to be oil for food. Now, its oil substitute OR food. Super Powers are focusing on a dying concept. Cheap energy the old fashioned way is no longer viable.

Posted by bosskitty April 13th, 2008 | Category: Corporate Corruption, Environment, Foreign Policy, Global Economy, Global Power, Global Warming, Health, Human Rights, Mismanagement, Oil, Oversight, Planet, Politics, Power Shift, Public Health, Statistics, War Cost, Waste, World Health, World Order, contradictions, critical resources, economics, energy, fiscal responsibility, food, global community, hunger, jobless, negligence, oil-for-food, poverty, recession, refugees, renewable energy, unemployment | Leave a comment

Global Food Crisis At A Store Near You, Lifestyles To Change Soon

Posted by bosskitty April 11th, 2008 | Category: Banquet, Business, Casualties, Disaster, Foreign Policy, Health, Human Rights, Poor, Power Shift, Public Health, Rice, World Health, consequences, consumerism, economy, endanger, food, global community, markets, oil-for-food | Comments (4)

Murder Trial Points to War Trauma
A Maryland murder trial is being turned into a debate on the lingering traumatic impact of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on the psyche of the Americans who served there.
Army Ranger veteran Gary Smith is on trial for murdering fellow Ranger Michael McQueen.
Military leaders have acknowledged that the service [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 27th, 2008 | Category: Army Rangers, Gary Smith, Michael McQueen, PTSD, Public Health, VA, War Cost, veterans, veterans benefits | Leave a comment

Military Doctors Withholding Treatment from Soldiers with Mental Health Problems
The military is denying crucial care to soldiers, making them vulnerable on the battlefield.
Since 9/11, one Army division has spent more time in Iraq than any other group of soldiers: the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York.
Over the past 6 [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 27th, 2008 | Category: 10th Mountain Division, Accountability, Afghanistan, Army Medical Command, Casualties, Double Cross, Health Care, Hypocracy, Iraq, Mismanagement, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Preventative medicine, Public Health, VA, VFW, War Cost, administration, betrayal, consequences, department of defense, depression, disinformation, mental health, military, suicide, troops, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (2)