Tag Archives: Cultural Change

Quora Query: How Can You Maximize Your Happiness in Life?

Posted on 19 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

So the question is: How do you maximize your happiness in life. And there are thousands of words just in this [Quora] Blog trying to answer that. Here is my 2 cents and there are two parts to the answer; … Continue reading →

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How Did We Get Here? – Violent Authoritarianism or Fascism in America?

Posted on 17 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

“…Speculations about the future depend upon an accurate analysis of the past…[*] Sweeping through our country today is a serious menance. One of racism and its brother, anti-Semitism; abuse of refugees and their children; separation of children from parents – … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: What Will it Take for the United States to Acquire Universal Healthcare?

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

There are two sets of answers to this query: Political and operational/organizational. Let me address each in its turn. The Political Issues: There is, to my analysis, nothing special about the United States and its people that make a rational … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: Why do you believe that people who abuse the healthcare system in the US should be enabled, through not telling them, in no uncertain terms, that their non-emergency issues are just that…non-emergencies?

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

There are several fine answers to this query – see, particularly, the one by former Nurse Mara Obelcz on Quora. And just as there are several answers to your question, there are several – many – reasons that people come … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: Can I Get Into Medical School with an Associates Degree Instead of a Bachelor’s Degree

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

One of the issues with medical students in general is NOT that they are too broadly educated, but – just the opposite – too narrowly so. I once, some years ago, entered into a very public argument with our then-University … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: What can you do if you rack up a huge ER bill, make too much money for assistance, and can’t afford to pay it off in the max 24 months? The lady at hospital said I can pay whatever I can afford but when I called, they said no.

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Firstly, I’m sorry you have to deal with this. In a rationale and humane society, healthcare is a right. It is funded from general taxes so you would NEVER worry about this. But we live in a neoliberal America – … Continue reading →

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Response to Robert Gebelhoff Editorial – Progressives can’t be trusted with Medicare-for-all

Posted on 3 January, 2019 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Mr. Gebelhoff, an assistant editor and opinions contributor for the Washington Post, published the above-cited piece today, 3 January, 2019. I detail the URL for the piece below, and then detail a brief criticism laying out why … Continue reading →

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They Lied, It Really Is That Simple – Viet Nam

Posted on 29 November, 2018 by AJ Layon

“…Even as [President Johnson] resisted JCS requests to intensify the air campaign, he emphasized the ground war in the South. Sending US troops to fight in the South seemed the least expensive course of action [italics mine] in terms of … Continue reading →

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What Can Happen While Our Attention is Elsewhere – Mike Stuchbery

Posted on 12 November, 2018 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – I need to explain a couple of things. Firstly, this started as a Health Blog and continues to be one. Yet as you can see from the Headers of the “Home” page, I define health rather broadly. … Continue reading →

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How Did We Get Here? – Violent Authoritarianism or Fascism in America?

Posted on 5 November, 2018 by AJ Layon

“…Speculations about the future depend upon an accurate analysis of the past…” [1]   Sweeping our country today is a serious menace. One of racism and its brother, anti-Semitism; abuse of refugees and their children; separation of children from parents, … Continue reading →

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