Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of infection could be drastically reduced by requiring healthcare workers in obstetrical clinics to disinfect their hands. In 1847, he proposed hand washing with chlorinated lime solutions at Vienna General Hospital’s First Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors’ ward...
It did not take long after former Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed the state’s historic 2012 tax cuts — hailed at the time as “one of the largest income tax cuts in Kansas history” — into law for it to become apparent that critics of the so-called “Kansas experiment” had been...
Bennett’s office collects property taxes, processes vehicle registrations, and manages voter registration and records for Harris County’s more than 2.5 million registered voters. However, public information requests from The Chronicle show she hasn’t swiped her badge to enter the office or any ...
A Geauga County millionaire—who comes from royalty—has been indicted on charges he illegally received food stamps and medicaid assistance. Ali Pascal Mahvi is facing four felony counts which could put him behind bars for more than four years if convicted. …Meyer informed Mahvi of the indictm...
Kansas needs and spends tax dollars. It can, and has, run short of dollars. Though the Kansas experiment seems to have failed — tax rate reduction did not generate enough taxable income to “pay for itself” — exactly the same experiment might work for other states. ...
MedicarePart A, often referred to as hospital insurance, isfreeif you worked enough years in the U.S. to qualify. “Typically, if you’re eligible for Social Security benefits, you’re also eligible for Medicare Part A at no cost,” said Anspach. ...
Suderman ignores one simple fact:The “hospital lobby” has existed a long time, and Medicare exists — and “its rates are far lower than private insurance rates.” How did that happen? Could it be that past left-wing Congresses were more caring and moral than today’s right-wing Senate...
Now, 170 years later, people die ofhospital-caused infections.Yet, you still have to remind careless nurses and doctors to use hand cleaner each time they visit your room. When it comes to human belief, facts are far less important than emotion. Despite theabsolute factthat hand cleaning pre...
First, there is the health insurance industry. You know them, the hard to reach folks you have to beg to cover your hospital stay, your expensive drugs, your outpatient nursing care. These are the people who charge you and your boss excessive premiums, offer confusing arrays of plans — go...