News Flashes I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

By Filed under Interesting Links on March 25, 2011 with 8 comments

Leading Obama Care Backer wants waiver for his city.

Sudden Bursts of Exercise can Cause Heart Attacks. Irregular sex is also risky.

On average, more than five months pass between the time Medicare receives a complaint on its waste, fraud and abuse hotline and when work begins on it.

Judge to seniors: Take Medicare or lose your Social Security.

Hospitals give themselves high marks for patient safety. 29 percent cited their efforts as “A-Excellent” and 46 percent said “B-Very Good.”

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  1. Brian Williams. says:
    March 25, 2011 at 10:38 am

    The story about Anthony Weiner seeking a waiver for NYC made me laugh.

    The story about forcing seniors to take Medicare or risk losing their Social Security made me cry.

  2. Vicki says:
    March 25, 2011 at 10:54 am

    Depressing us again.

  3. Bruce says:
    March 25, 2011 at 10:55 am

    Is anyone still wondering why there is so much waste, fraud and abuse?

  4. Madeline says:
    March 25, 2011 at 11:02 am

    Weiner is such a hypocrit. Ubelievable.

  5. Devon Herrick says:
    March 25, 2011 at 11:38 am

    I did not realize sudden bursts of activity can cause a heart attack. I thought that was an old wives’ tale.

  6. Neil H. says:
    March 25, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    Hospitals like themselves. Is this newworthy?

  7. Amanda M. says:
    March 25, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Ditto. @Brian Williams

  8. Anna says:
    March 28, 2011 at 11:47 am

    I wonder if Anthony Weiner would so aggressively berate his opponents in defense of Obamacare if everyone knew he was looking for a way out.