“As to why doctors were reporting inaccurate causes of death, it actually appears to be a weirdly bureaucratic reason: Three-quarters said the system they use in New York City would not accept what they thought to be the real cause of death. So they put in something else instead.”
Please, fix the broken system! Maybe we should say that more often in other cases as well.
“Kroger’s would need to spend $20 million to come into compliance with the new calorie-posting regulations.”
As long as it’s a complete nutrition fact with protein, carb, micro nutrient information available…it’s worth it. $20 million isn’t much for a chain like Kroger.
“Kroger’s would need to spend $20 million to come into compliance with the new calorie-posting regulations.”
– This is easily a view of the role of the expanding nanny state. Regulations like these are not only contributing to degradation of personal responsibility, they are negatively affecting our economy.
Death certificates might be valuable for epidemiologists, but the reason we have them is legal, not medical. And without an autopsy (of which there are too few), the reported cause of death may be vague.
What does this mean? Is the Washington Post implying the people weren’t really dead when they were buried? That reminds me of the scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where a man tried to get the dead body collector to haul off his relative — who kept insisting he wasn’t dead yet!
Kroger’s 2012 Annual Profit was $2.76 Billion. That’s 0.7% of annual profits. This is similar to the government ordering you to buy something for $362. The difference here is, whenever you force a publicly traded company to pay for these types of things, they will pay out of the profits. This means that shareholders will receive smaller dividends. Many of these shareholders are common people. That’s what people often forget – companies and giant corporations are run by people. Their stocks are held by average Joes saving up for retirement. Whenever we stick it to “big business” we aren’t hurting the company, just the people who own stocks.
Kroger’s sales were 90 Billion dollars last year. 20 Million isn’t even a rounding error.
“As to why doctors were reporting inaccurate causes of death, it actually appears to be a weirdly bureaucratic reason: Three-quarters said the system they use in New York City would not accept what they thought to be the real cause of death. So they put in something else instead.”
Please, fix the broken system! Maybe we should say that more often in other cases as well.
“Kroger’s would need to spend $20 million to come into compliance with the new calorie-posting regulations.”
As long as it’s a complete nutrition fact with protein, carb, micro nutrient information available…it’s worth it. $20 million isn’t much for a chain like Kroger.
“Nearly one-third of death certificates are wrong.”
Just another problem to add to our broken health care system. Great.
“Enroll America, the group that is supposed to be leading the charge to get people insured, will not be enrolling anyone.”
Great. Makes me wonder how much those bureaucrats want more people to face penalties for not having insurance once the law is in full effect.
“Kroger’s would need to spend $20 million to come into compliance with the new calorie-posting regulations.”
– This is easily a view of the role of the expanding nanny state. Regulations like these are not only contributing to degradation of personal responsibility, they are negatively affecting our economy.
I agree Larson. If the US does not start making some changes, then we will regulate ourselves into a state of ineffectiveness.
Death certificates might be valuable for epidemiologists, but the reason we have them is legal, not medical. And without an autopsy (of which there are too few), the reported cause of death may be vague.
Nearly one-third of death certificates are wrong.
What does this mean? Is the Washington Post implying the people weren’t really dead when they were buried? That reminds me of the scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where a man tried to get the dead body collector to haul off his relative — who kept insisting he wasn’t dead yet!
Kroger’s 2012 Annual Profit was $2.76 Billion. That’s 0.7% of annual profits. This is similar to the government ordering you to buy something for $362. The difference here is, whenever you force a publicly traded company to pay for these types of things, they will pay out of the profits. This means that shareholders will receive smaller dividends. Many of these shareholders are common people. That’s what people often forget – companies and giant corporations are run by people. Their stocks are held by average Joes saving up for retirement. Whenever we stick it to “big business” we aren’t hurting the company, just the people who own stocks.