The fast and the furious release of SC primary polls

4 today already.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

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Coming full circle at Massachusetts General Hospital

"Wealthy, upper-class citizens were easily able to summon a physician to make house call for their medical needs."



Founded for the Poor, Mass General Looks to the Wealthy.  (The New York Times, 2/12/2016)

Mass General jumps on the inequality in health care bandwagon.  For $6,000 a year (and whatever their insurance pays), patients in its new Concierge Medicine Practice will get round-the-clock access to their doctors (initially, there will be three in the practice), as well as personalized nutritional, exercise and wellness counseling. 

The idea of wealthy people paying doctors a retainer for exclusive service is not new.

This article was also printed in the "Wealth" section of the 2/14/2016 print edition of the Times.

Related reading:
CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report (CHDIR, 2013)

From the report's news release.

“It is clear that more needs to be done to address the gaps and to better assist Americans disproportionately impacted by the burden of poor health,” said Chesley Richards, M.D., M.P.H., director of CDC’s Office of Public Health Scientific Services, which produced the report. “We hope that this report will lead to interventions that will allow all Americans, particularly those most harmed by health inequalities, to live healthier and more productive lives.”

Ted Cruz counts on friendship of the Freedom Caucus crazies

As quoted in Meadows among small band of Cruz friends in Washington. (Asheville Citizen-Times, 2/17/2016)

They're called the Freedom Caucus. Despite a distinct lack of support from Senate colleagues — not one single endorsement — the Republican presidential candidate and freshman Texas senator has a small but loyal group of supporters in the House who are flying to rallies, meeting with voters and trying to convince the electorate that he's not such a bad guy.

You want to run that by us again, Mark
Ted Cruz may have won last night's GOP debate. But he also told most whoppers.  (This Week, 1/15/2016)
Ted Cruz fact checked by Fox News for Obamacare whopper: “There’s certainly no question that more people have jobs and more people have health insurance”.  (Salon, 2/1/2016)
Ted Cruz Just Lied Again.  The Texas senator is now telling even bigger lies about his record on immigration.   (Slate, 2/3/2016)

Here are some other rabidly right-wing Reps who are standing by Cruz's side.

Related series of  posts:
Meet 'the crazies', the members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Freedom Caucus.