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Discussion of public health and health care policy, from a public health perspective. The U.S. spends more on medical services than any other country, but we get less for it. Major reasons include lack of universal access, unequal treatment, and underinvestment in public health and social welfare. We will critically examine the economics, politics and sociology of health and illness in the U.S. and the world.
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I'm sure you saw this article, Cervantes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/opinion/cubas-impressive-role-on-ebola.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0
One more reason, besides his military adventuring, that Barack Obama is such a disappointment.
I was talking to a political consultant here in Ann Arbor who has met Barack on various occasions, and her take was basically that though he speaks well, he is very aloof--in general. That sounds about right to me; I've generally perceived him as a good talker with very little experience in the real world. I think we need a president with street smarts. I have a hard time believing such a bright man continued to pursue the Cheney administration's agenda of make-believe-based warmongering. I mean, pursuing Osama Bin Laden and escalating a war in Afghanistan? How can he be so stupid? Do sitting presidents become enamored of their own perceived power and lose touch with reality? It certainly seems that way . . .
Presidents find themselves inside the "deep state," the permanent "national security" establishment, immersed in the world view of the CIA and the NSA which goes on without even an inflection point when the presidential administration changes. They aren't really in charge, they're tools.
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