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The Nobel Prize discussion quite reasonably morphed into a health care discussion.  So, if anyone wants to continue that, here’s a place to do so.  My position is as follows:
For purposes of this discussion, “profit” refers to money that comes from appropriating the labor of others (”exploitation” in the strict economic sense).  If a company [...]

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I have set out to write in defense of tobacco.  I do it for the challenge.  There are other things that would be almost equally challenging, but I don’t know enough about them: I’ve never committed  pedophilia or sent out spam emails or run for congress, so  tobacco seems the only remaining choice.
I know very [...]

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Every time I get my “moon time”, I want to punch a pagan in the mouth.

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I’m pretty much okay now, assuming nothing else goes wrong.   A bunch of you sent me money, which helped more than I can say.   When we posted a while ago asking for a loan, Matthew Fischer said, “I think you are very likely to get 150 fans to donate $100 in exchange for exclusive access [...]

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The one weakness in the Mexican Healthcare Experience was the aftercare was a bit sketchy. Should I be using ice to reduce the swelling where the stitches are?

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Doctor Natera came by, I think around 9PM. He’d been delayed by a sudden inrush of patients, I think at the other clinic, where he treats those who can’t afford the services of “Star Medica.” He asked if I was in pain, and we had the “little pain?” conversation. He convinced me [...]

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I think it was around 11:30 or 11:45 at that point.  The anesthesiologist explained that he was going to give me a tranquilizer (or did he say sedative?  I can’t remember), then numb me from the waist down.  I swallowed and nodded, mostly thinking at that moment of long, long needles inserted into me in [...]

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As Reesa said, the couple who picked us up to drive us from El Paso to Jaurez were exceptionally nice.  Up until then my arrangements with the medical group (medicaltourismco.com) had been very professional in feel; but this felt personal and family-like; in part because of the child car-chair in the back seat.  I suppose [...]

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Your first time or two visiting somewhere else, it’s hard to avoid comparing it to what you know at home. With some expected naysayers bleating about this medical venture of ours (usually quite racist in their tone), we’ve definitely been alert to perceiving the differences as well as the similarities to American culture in [...]

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Too many roadtrips, too little sleep. Our reserves haven’t recharged so what we think will be 10 hours straight through divided between two reasonably well-rested drivers becomes a struggle for both to keep eyes open throughout the night.
 
We pulled over at a couple of points last night to doze for a few minutes, but [...]

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