RSSTracking evidence for health supplements
Mar 23
I really like tools to help sift through all the junk information out there for various topics. This one is great: Snake Oil? The scientific evidence for health supplements
Speaking of health, I’m still confused about the health bill that has (mostly) been passed in the US. There’s a surprising lack of real information in the media about it. I know of a few of the points it covers, but have seen very little actual discussion on it, especially with any kind of breakdown of the various costs and savings. I am assuming, in contrast to the far right, that Obama is smart enough to not be bankrupting their country, but there’s been a serious lack of messaging on this. If this is so important, why no go all Ross Perot and hold a prime-time TV special with lots of charts and data. Sure, the average person might get bored and tune out, but at least those of us who would pay attention could be convinced and evangelize to others.
Mar 24, 2010 @ 07:34:48
I agree that the White House did a terrible job promoting this bill or it’s contents. By all accounts, it was because they had already secretly negotiated away any chance of single-payer or public option.
Which is hilarious considering the amount of time his opponents spent claiming Obama was trying to create some socialist nightmare. In the end, when you explained individual parts of the bill to people, they supported it.
Which is why the Republicans didn’t want the debate to be about the contents of the bill. They wanted the angry rhetoric about death panels and communism because they knew they couldn’t win a debate about facts.
The Republicans are saying they’ll try to undo the bill somehow, but how do you get enough votes to reopen loopholes in the system? Again, you have to have an argument over ideology instead of a debate over content.
I thought this slideshow at Salon did a good job of explaining the healthcare bill:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/03/19/healthcare_facts_slideshow/slideshow.html
Mar 25, 2010 @ 07:23:57
Good article, thanks.
Mar 29, 2010 @ 08:32:45
I think Sinfest sums up the entire fiasco nicely…
http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3491