- So we opened an email from some readers today; here’s one about the last Charley Rose column: “545 people are responsible for the mess, but they unite in a common con”. True in 1984 and horribly, and sadly, true today!
- It appears Columbia’s getting a community health center. “FAMILY FIRST HEALTH, a community health center, has this posted at its employment page: a bevy of job openings for Columbia, PA.
- Columbia used to have a free and charitable health clinic.
- “The Opioid Epidemic We Failed to Foresee”– The New York Times [It’s a cycle: pharmaceutical providers contribute to “elected public servants” and lobbyists who cobble together laws that favor the interests of those who peddle drugs to docs who prescribe the drugs. See the Charley Rose reference above and the next bullet item.]
- “Doctors influenced by drug company money” – JustCare
- And how about the screwing folks take from dumass decisions by unions and businesses: “Treasury Department Rejects Plan to Cut Pension Benefits for Teamsters” – The New York Times
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