Let’s start out with two theorems: Health care in the US is mediocre at best. Expensive, reactive, with crappy outcomes. Unlike restaurant reviews, you can’t compare how well they took your appendix out. It’s a one shot deal, so your experience vs someone else’s isn’t a relevant measurement. A country where getting cancer also means Read More
This story better have a happy ending. Right now, a 45 year old service disabled veteran with mental health problems is not in the VA getting treatment, he’s in Sheriff Phil Plummer’s hell hole of a jail. This is where people with misdemeanor crimes end up dead. This is a country that says collectively that Read More
I never got paid more for doing better on a standardized test- I got paid more for bringing unique solutions to the table. When we hear people talking about running government like a business, most of the time, they are really trying to say “put some measurable, quantifiable metrics on government, so we can keep Read More
The latest “news” from the paper that publishes stories about its own meteorologist rescuing a kitten – is that in 13 years, the VA has paid a pittance in settlements and attempts to suggest that the VA is a horribly run institution where veterans die from delayed care. Of course, the metric that’s missing- the Read More
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