Category Archives: Health Care
Ellen Kolb: Dispute over Fetal Homicide Bill
Five months after its introduction and first hearing, four months after its passage in the New Hampshire Senate, three months after its House hearing, and days after its House passage, language has been discovered in a fetal homicide bill that … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Health Care, Leaven for the Loaf, Legislation
Tagged Ellen Kolb, Fetal Homicide, SB 66
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Overdose victims now an increasing source of organ donations
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — An increasing number of organ donations in New Hampshire are coming from people who have died of overdoses. New England Donor Services says in 2016, 92 organ donors had died of a drug overdose. WMUR-TV reports … Continue reading
Eating a low carb breakfast may make you a more tolerant person
A low-carb diet might do more than affect your health – it could make you a more tolerant person. People who ate fewer carbohydrates for breakfast made more forgiving decisions in a money-sharing game they played a few hours later. … Continue reading
Medicaid Expansion – well THANK YOU (again) Republicans Jeb Bradley, Chuck Morse, and the other…
…cast of known characters that decided, contra the NH GOP Platform, that shoving NH into the Obamacare morass via the Medicaid Expansion (Hey Jeb – thanks for the extra taxes!). So once again, Govt has decided that it knows economics … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Health Care
Tagged Medicaid Expansion, NHGOP, Skip Murphy
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Don’t Put Ground Wasp Nest On Your Vagina
An all-natural treatment for women looking to rejuvenate and tighten their vagina is giving doctors serious cause for concern – ground-up wasp nests. That’s right, some women are actually using oak galls – tree deformities caused by wasp nests – as an at-home remedy … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Health Care
Tagged Jen Gunter, Oak Galls, UK Independent, Wasp Nests
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Stop Touching Me!
Handshake-Free Zones Target Spread Of Germs In The Hospital. Not all health workers are so careful, despite strict handwashing policies in virtually all medical facilities. A 2010 study published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology shows that only … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Health Care, National News
Tagged Hand shake free, Hospital, hygiene, Infection
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WHY does the US continue to fund this band of World Govt wannabees?
According to the Associated Press, the WHO routinely has spent about $200 million a year on travel expenses—more than what it spends to fight AIDS and hepatitis ($70.5 million), tuberculosis ($59 million), and malaria ($61 million) combined. More… | GraniteGrok
Posted in Debt/Spending, Health Care, International News
Tagged Abuse, Fraud, UN, WHO. Waste
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NH Democrats Lying About the AHCA (Just Like They Lied About Obamacare)
Democrats lied repeatedly about Obamacare when they were trying to pass it. The video below, for example, shows 36 instances when Obama lied about being able to keep your current healthcare plan. Actually, Obamacare would have forced insurance companies to … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Health Care, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged AHCA, democrats, NH, NHDP, Obamacare
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Body Slamming Republican Wins Special Congressional Election in Montana
“Montana sent a strong message tonight that we want a Congressman to work with President Trump to make America and Montana great again,” Gianforte told supporters after declaring victory. More… | Forbes
Posted in Elections, Health Care, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Greg Gianforte, Montana, Rob Quist, Special Election
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Health Insurance: Big Spikes and Little Things
My local Sunday paper had an above-the-fold headline the other day: “Obamacare rate could see big spike in NH next year.” This refers only to my state, where an unidentified government official leaked to the press a document projecting an … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Da Tech Guy, Ellen Kolb, Health Care, Obamacare, Rate Hikes
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The New Media Militia 