Raising Monarch Butterflies

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Saturday November 30, 2013 · 1:55 PM PST

2013/11/30 · 13:55

Diaries published this week here and here have documented the decline of Monarch butterfly habitat and migratory numbers. I would like to share with you the joy of raising Monarchs in your own home. Flutter below the fold to enter the world of Monarch butterfly ranching. Read More

Teaparty Breakfast: Huevos Loco

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Sunday October 20, 2013 · 9:45 AM PDT

2013/10/20 · 09:45

You have to admit, the Teapartiers in Congress do have balls (huevos).

DrFerbie

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Thursday October 18, 2012 · 7:28 AM PDT

2012/10/18 · 07:28

No, not the entire state, not this year, proabably not ever. However, my conversation with a Republican friend last night reveals that it is possible to move the needle from red to blue one voter at a time. A strong debate performance by President Obama started a conversation about what Democrats really stand for. Read on.

DrFerbie

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Monday August 13, 2012 · 7:08 AM PDT

2012/08/13 · 07:08

You are going to hear a 700+ Billion dollar lie repeated a lot by Romney and Ryan in the coming 2 months. The "cuts to Medicare" under Obamacare are COST CONTROLS not a change in benefits or coverage. You see, in a grand experiment to use private insurance companies to administer Medicare (Medicare Advantage plans), the government has been paying these private plans a fee for administering healthcare coverage for Medicare enrollees. The sad fact is that instead of costing the government (American taxpayers, more precisely) LESS (cause private bidness can do it cheaper and better dontchaknow), it actually costs 9 to 14% MORE to care for these enrollees. SO, Obamcare is taking that money back from the private insurers over the next 10 years in the form of lower payments to the private insurance companies. THAT IS THE CUT! A reduction in excess payments for the same healthcare.

DrFerbie

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Tuesday September 15, 2009 · 8:00 AM PDT

2009/09/15 · 08:00

I have long known that my physician colleagues are in support of sweeping health system reform. We are aghast at the rising number of uninsured. We are angry about our treatment by the private health insurers. We are tired from our endless dealings with paperwork, automated phone systems, arbitrary rules and unqualified insurance company clerks. We want reform and WE WANT IT NOW!

DrFerbie

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Wednesday June 17, 2009 · 7:40 AM PDT

2009/06/17 · 07:40

Make no mistake, I am in favor of single payer and have thrown my support behind the Stark bill in my correspondence with my congressman and the president. Realism forces me to consider the compromise in reform that we will see come out of congress this summer. Given the apparent outcome of "If you like what you have (in health insurance) you can keep it" and "we are going to build on and improve our current healthcare system" as the starting point for any discussion of reform, I propose the following "New Rules" for the private health insurance industry.

Additions to list based on "negotiations" with Actuary4Change.

DrFerbie

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Wednesday May 06, 2009 · 7:47 AM PDT

2009/05/06 · 07:47

Nerds and Wonks who need a data fix can look to Health Affairs for answers. Published bi-monthly by Project Hope the peer-reviewed journal "explores health policy issues of current concern". Some recent online abstracts and numerous links from the journal are presented below the fold.

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