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11/11/2025

11/10/2025

Ana Malinow, MD is past president of Physicians for a National Health Program, the lead organizer for The Movement to End Privatization of Medicare, and is on the steering committee of National Single Payer. This presentation is critical of WISeR, the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction method of the Center for Medicare Services. It's a program that operates on its own with no congressional oversight.

She begins with a brief history of our nation's for-profit managed care industry, as illustrated in this chart.

https://youtu.be/Z34rpAheRrA?si=Jmssrdfdnl12rmZ5&t=313

11/01/2025

It’s Saturday, November 1. Don’t forget to set back your clocks tonight.

Here's How to Prepare for the Time Change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time, and the Reasons You Should.

10/24/2025

The U.S. continues to be in a class by itself in the underperformance of its over-priced health care sector. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/sep/mirror-mirror-2024

This report from Commonwealth Fund notably excludes some of the highest ranking countries, including Japan and Singapore, which other organizations include in their reports. But in general, the U.S. spends about twice the average of other rich nations while getting inferior results, dying younger, living sicker, and leaving millions without care.

Analyze the 2024 "Mirror, Mirror" report to understand global health system performance and insights for improving health care quality and access.

04/25/2024

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04/18/2024

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03/08/2024

Daylight Saving Time begins after midnight Saturday, so get ready. But know this — the debate is not just about gaining more sunlight in the evening for shopping and play. Losing morning sunlight is harmful for our health. Which do you prefer?

Here's How to Prepare for the Time Change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time, and the Reasons You Should.

02/25/2024

MEMORIES AND LEGACY VERSUS JUNK

You might ask what you want people to know about you after you die, but will they? Or, will they just see all the stuff you collected as junk and ignore or trash it? That includes your digital media too.

What do we remember about our parents or grandparents years after their passing? How will we be remembered by others? Record it now.

01/29/2024

Today I offer a summary of ten articles that relate to the looming healthcare policy debate. I share this because Republicans already have said they want to gut the Affordable Care Act, but anything they may want to replace it with will almost certainly be far from universal healthcare, cost more, and deliver inferior results.

Here's a summary of 10 Robert Reich articles exploring why American capitalism, and healthcare, is so rotten.

01/12/2024

CES 2024 (What’s Hot in Consumer Electronics?)

Modern Health Talk (facebook.com/groups/1422609114937883/) followed CES so you don't have to. Scanning, reading or watching my 30-some Facebook posts will save time and money.

You will also almost certainly gain more insights about important technologies than if you visited the week-long show yourself, and you can do this with no travel costs and far less time. Comment on these posts to share your opinion or let me know of some thing I missed.

ABOUT CES: The International Consumer Electronics Show is massive and spanned more than 2.5 million square feet. Its 4,000 exhibitors filled the expansive Las Vegas Convention Center and spread into nearby venues like the Venetian Expo, Mandalay Bay, Eureka Park, ARIA hotel, and beyond.

As you can imagine, attending such a huge show in person would be exhausting. I know -- I've been there dozens of times in my tech career. This year, as I now often do, I followed the activities online and shared what I found most interesting in Digital Health and Smart Home sectors, often adding my perspective.

QUICK LOOK: Here’s a 1-min clip to show the size of the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqnQc8a8W2s

AI, Vehicles and more! Catch a glimpse of the hottest products and trends from CES 2024.