Was planning on watching the west coast version of pbs news last night that comes on at 10 pm to catch all the NH stuff but something happened to the HD system not only on the Southern Illinois University station but also up at Bloomington and Vincennes.
Kevin Drum at The Washington Monthly makes several good points and also apologies to the people of NH for a Sunday post that chided them just a little prematurely.
I like Hillary telling the world that she found her voice and that the 'tearing up' moment seems to have played an important role in the vote swing. And that the women voted for her in large numbers. And that dkos has declared he isn't going to watch MSNBC until Chris Matthews is gone.
In other news, this also from Kevin Drum on US health care ranking 19th out of 19 among industrialized countries in what is called "amenable mortality":
BEST HEALTHCARE IN THE WORLD, BABY....A pair of researchers has just published an update that compares various countries on their rates of "amenable mortality," defined as deaths that are "potentially preventable with timely and effective health care." In 1997, the United States ranked 15th out of 19 industrialized countries. So how are we doing now?
Answer: we're now 19th out of 19. The rest of the countries have improved their performance by an average of 16%, while the U.S., that well-known engine of healthcare innovation, has improved by only 4%. So now we're in last place.
But there's a bright side: at least our healthcare isn't funded by the government, like it is in France. Keep that in mind if someone you know dies of preventable causes. Their odds would have been a whole lot better in Paris, but who'd want to live in a socialist hellhole like that anyway?
Hmmm... I really do think we can do better. Do we care? Yes...
Sun is up. Guess that means the world still turns. Good.
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