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Bernie Sanders Says Medicare for All Would Cost Jaw-Dropping $40 Trillion Dollars

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 17, 2019 56 Comments

Bernie Sanders was interviewed by the Washington Post on Tuesday and when asked what the price of his Medicare-for-all plan would be, he casually answered that it would be 30 to 40 trillion over ten years.

Kamala Harris Backtracks on Abolishing Private Health Insurance

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 29, 2019 14 Comments

During the second Democrat debate on Thursday night, the candidates were asked to raise their hand if their plan for healthcare would eliminate private health insurance in favor of a government-run option. Harris raised her hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju0c78KVNA4#action=share

Authorities evaluating if methanol poisoning is cause of seven American deaths in Dominican Republic

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 15, 2019 12 Comments

Over the past year, seven American tourists have mysteriously died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, and federal authorities are now weighing the possibility that poisoned alcohol may be the cause.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yeyzmGr4zY

California Moves Forward on Plans Offering Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants Under 26

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 11, 2019 29 Comments

I noted that on his inauguration day, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a dramatic Medi-Cal expansion to cover young illegal immigrant adults. His dreams may become the California taxpayer's nightmare thanks to the state legislature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGVSaO1oxpg

New pharmacy rules for opioid antidote results in fewer overdose deaths

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 12, 2019 14 Comments

As President Donald Trump continues his trade negotiations with China, U.S. security experts are skeptical about a key part of the new deal: whether Beijing is willing or able to keep its promises related to stemming the flow of opioids into the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSCPMNLerAw

Seattle school children potentially exposed to HIV and other diseases from unsterile dental tools

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 05, 2019 27 Comments

The last time we visited Washington state in these posts, there was a significant outbreak of measles in the county adjacent to the blue wonderland of Portland, Oregon. Now, public health officials have warned that more than 1,000 students have a potential risk for HIV and hepatitis B and C after they received dental care at 12 schools in and around Seattle due to improperly sterilized dental tools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45qSj4_DVxs

U.S. infectious diseases surge as public health controls disappear

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 24, 2019 7 Comments

It was with some astonishment I read the latest Scientific American piece, "Medieval" Diseases Flare as Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate", which reviews the government's response to the recent outbreaks of typhus, hepatitis A, and measles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IotorCh7dPM

BREAKING: Democrat Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Hates Circumcision

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 19, 2019 42 Comments

You may not have heard of Democrat presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a New York entrepreneur, but he catapulted into the limelight by taking an unprovoked and out-of-left-field position: He is against circumcision. The Daily Beast noticed his tweet on it and decided to interview about it. Yang would push his view into public policy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBo1DT4uEsE

Spike in cases of Southern California children with Kawasaki Disease worries public health experts

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 20, 2019 4 Comments

Public health officials are reporting that Southern California is seeing a a spike in the number of cases of a wind-borne disease that inflames blood vessels and can cause heart failure.

Since the start of the year, 16 kids have been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine told the agency that twice as many children have been diagnosed compared with previous years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtaEArYUQA8

Mumps outbreak reported at Houston ICE detention facility

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 13, 2019 15 Comments

The Houston Health Department confirmed seven mumps cases at the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.

Officials said that all seven people were adults who were detained during the time they became sick. "Since these individuals were isolated inside the facility during the period they were infectious, we do not anticipate these cases posing a threat to the community," said Dr. David Persse, Houston's local health authority and EMS medical director."

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/Typhus-Epidemic-Worsens-in-Los-Angeles-505166301.html

Los Angeles officials plan to rip out City Hall carpets to combat typhus outbreak

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 08, 2019 34 Comments

We have been covering the spread of the flea-borne illness typhus through Pasadena and Los Angeles, which is the result of rat infestations that have followed in the wake of the homeless crisis. Los Angeles city employees are now acting to combat the rodent problem in City Hall, after one of the administrators was stuck with the disease.

Typhus Crisis In Los Angeles Worsens

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 04, 2019 58 Comments

Late last year, I reported that the Los Angeles area was battling a typhus epidemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=YQctLUab5Ks

San Francisco Has More Drug Addicts Than Public High School Students, Health Dept Survey finds

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 03, 2019 20 Comments

The Left Coast of this great nation is often held up as a blueprint for progressive policy successes by its politicians, such as Democratic Party presidential hopeful Kamala Harris.

Kamala Harris was for eliminating private health insurance, before she was against it, before she was for it again

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2019 18 Comments

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) came under a lot of heat during her CNN townhall when she said she wanted to eliminate private health insurance. Despite the backlash she received for her comments, Harris's press secretary Ian Sams attempted to clarify that she still believes in Medicare-for-All, which would also eliminate private insurance... political doublespeak at its finest.

China Agrees To Label Fentanyl A Controlled Substance

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 03, 2018 7 Comments

During talks with President Trump on Saturday, China reportedly agreed to label the synthetic opioid fentanyl a controlled substance. The White House is calling this move a "wonderful humanitarian gesture." The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that "a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concluded that nearly half of opioid-related deaths in 2016 involved fentanyl."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvd-VVqh9Q

Trump signs bills lifting the ‘gag clauses’ on pharmacists for revealing drug prices

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 13, 2018 6 Comments

Despite his setback in repealing Obamacare, President Donald Trump is diligently working at ways to roll back healthcare costs for Americans. The President has just signed new laws to help make cheaper prescription medicine more accessible to millions of Americans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEMFFj-PSM

Flea-borne Typhus Epidemic Hits Pasadena

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 07, 2018 24 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers will recall that California, and other areas of the country with a significant homeless population, were hit with an epidemic of Hepatitis A last fall. This year, Pasadena is reporting an epidemic of flea-borne typhus.

CA Dem Gov Candidate Gavin Newsom Backs Universal Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 29, 2018 31 Comments

Former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is likely to be California's next governor. He has a considerable lead in the polls and he has the "right" position on all the issues for progressives in the state. When it comes to healthcare, he wants to cover everyone regardless of immigration status.

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