Every Presidential succession, a new President seems to make promises to modernize U.S. healthcare, most of them he can't keep. The Obama Administration's ambitious agenda to reform a broken healthcare system seems calculated in a similar fashion. But everything is not always as it seems. This time, the new measures offered might achieve results - especially in relation to electronic medical records software implementation. Healthcare IT...more
A two-year window spurred by the new Administration's providing economic stimulus funding for purchasing EMR software could lead to a veritable "bonanza" as clinicians rush to take advantage prior to January 1, 2011, when the money kicks in.Physicians must begin using EMR systems to process their patient data by 2014. In fact, the time for physicians and hospitals to begin their switchovers is NOW. Stringent conditions exist in order for...more
Response to a Proposal for Serfdom: Criticism of Barack ObamaMarch 26, 2009By PunkerslutThe economic, buyout plan of the United States government is made with the thought that the New Deal of Roosevelt ended the depression; but the unemployment during the "New Deal" only worsened during this period, and continued to worsen during Roosevelt's "Second New Deal." [*1] Even then, there is a tremendous difference in allocating taxes for public works, and paying for non-productive "toxic assets." When we choose to pay for the debt of these private firms, in their miscalculated business endeavors, we are taking a gigantic opportunity cost. The value of these firms, once we have paid for them, will be cut several fold. It is equivalent to buying a lottery ticket as a means of guaranteeing economic success. There are a million other alternatives to prosperity besides "scratch it tickets" and worthless assets.It's the oldest, economic truth: everything is worth what it's buyer is willing to pay for it. So after we buy some worthless companies, they won't be worth half of what we paid for them, because nobody is willing to pay that much -- nobody, that is, except the economic "genius" behind...more
Recent media reports have brought attention to the U.S. border with Mexico and the crisis brought about by an exploding and increasingly dangerous drug trade. Examples of this crisis include countless reports of local Mexican officials being murdered by those associated with the drug trade in Mexico. While much of the intelligence focus in the U.S....more
Dear Media Friends,Home foreclosures are at all time high, unemployment seems to be rising, Cities and States are under stimulus packages, big corporations are under rescue, national debt is enormous and increasing, businesses are shutting down or at the verge of it, financial markets are in shambles, who knows what the dollar is going to be worth,...more
Unions affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) met in Lisbon in December to discuss the world financial crisis and advance a set of demands. The assembled WFTU affiliates set Wednesday, April 1, 2009 as an international date for workplace and community actions and demonstrations.Jose M. Oliveira of the SNTSF, the Portuguese national railway workers union, hosted the meeting, together with Jose Dinis from FEVICCOM (Ceramic and Glass Workers) and Augusto Praca of FESHAT, the Federation of Agricultural, Food, Beverage Hotels and Tourism of Portugal. Forty delegates representing 25 countries and international organizations attended the Lisbon meeting, along with representatives from the ILO, the World Peace Council, and the World Federation of Democratic Women.George Mavrikos, head of WFTU, stated that, "This meeting is another piece of evidence that workers across the world are resisting and creating the conditions for massive struggles. The opponents of workers are not invincible. Invincible are the people who know how to fight for their rights."The meeting called for an "International Mobilization of workers and progressive forces of the world, demanding the crisis...more
I was looking over some political polls recently and noticed the approval ratings of Congress are dismally low, 13-37% depending on the poll you read. Offhand, this would indicate we do not believe they are doing the job we elected them to do, and a...more
Not long ago I was talking to someone about wealth, and he had an interesting thought. He said to me that in order to become successful, I was not supposed to covet another person's money they make. When I asked him why, he said it was just something...more
Hey America, Lets talk about ethics, about justice, about judgment to come, about how murder has become common place, and about Yahweh's forgiven.Having read this article's introduction you understand that an Alaskan woman was found guilty of...more
Hello again. How are you holding up?I welcome all your comments and feedback and trust my words each week are helpful in such a tumultuous time.To be honest, it can get very lonely in my seat. Not only do I speak through cyberspace with no indication...more
I want you to see the bigger picture, question everything you've been told and develop a coherent philosophy.Why?Because these are the ingredients to becoming wealthy, powerful and free.A few quotes to start off:Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve...more
The irony is so rich you could cut it...And simultaneously, we have a massive inflection point in the world.It used to be that the countries of the world looked to America- the champion of free enterprise- to lead the world out of recession.Now they...more