What drives the rapidly escalating increases for the cost of health care in the United States? The following are the views of one PhD on that topic. Key excerpts: 80% of total health care spending linked to chronically ill patients…
Health Care Reform: The Options
. There are a plethora of plans and proposals for the reform of the U.S. health care system being promoted by every imaginable interest group, vested interest and limelight seeking politician. I have gathered a few repsentative samples here to…
Health Care Reform FAQ
A PDF file version of this post is available here: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/healthcarereformfaq.pdf =================================================================== Q: Why should I care about health care system reform in the United States? A: Because: The nation can no longer afford the current system, not on…
Thoughts on Health Care Reform
I was recently asked by our friend, Gary DuBois, to join a conversation of Americans, ex-patriots and citizens of other countries about the state of the health care system in the United States and prospects for meaningful reform. Gary asked…
Server Rebuild Complete
As reported here, the night after the frame on the truck broke our server was mysteriously wiped out. The hosting company said they didn’t know how it could have happened and also reported the backups were also gone. We have…
Straight in the Eyes
. 6 March 2009 Amazon Basin Rainforest . The trip into the Amazon basin begins by air, but must end on the water because there are no roads. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/ecuador/straightintheeyes.pdf .
Fuso Frame Break Repair Complete
Frame repair is complete. Shots from yesterday. Shots from today. Frame break area. Crack area, reinforcement of passenger side to hopefully prevent a break on that side. We are heading for the Amazon basin tomorrow where I…
Fuso Frame Saga Update
Our day began with a beautiful sunrise glowing on the snow capped volcano across the highway from where we were camped. We were in the parking lot of a hotel created from a hacienda built in 1555, where no less…
When It Rains…
The Fuso frame broke on 18 Feb. On the night of 19 Feb our web/email/blog/application/FTP/etc. server was wiped out. According to the hosting company, and I quote, “Everything is gone. We have no idea what happened. The backups are gone…
Just Another Day on the Road
The day started like any other day out here. We got up, got around, had some coffee, tea and toast, and started out again, following our noses around Ecuador. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/ecuador/justanotherday.pdf .