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January 15, 2006

Ambushed by the Asbestos Industry

Here is a link to the Sonoma Medicine website with an article penned by my uncle about his experience fighting mesothelioma on the medical, legal, social, and political fronts. It is a worthy read.

I've also put the entire article below in case the link changes.

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Posted by Deb at 07:51 PM | Comments (4)

August 08, 2004

Journalism, San Diego style

I don't know what makes me angrier about this Union-Tribune article, the topic or the amazingly transparent bias.

(Note: I just watched Outfoxed today, so I'm in that kind of mood.)

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Posted by Chris at 09:18 PM | Comments (3)

May 04, 2004

...but we're #1 in doctors on T.V.

Looks like the U.S. is second to none... when it comes to wasteful health care. I know, it's not shocking that we pay twice as much as people anywhere else in the world, but it is shocking that we get the same or worse care overall. The trend carries through across America, too; cities get the same marginal care whether they're insured or not, wealthy or not.

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