Lynn M. Petrovich
Posts by Lynn M. Petrovich
The VA Monologues
“I don’t want to shock anyone here, have people dashing out of the room; but the VA is a socialized health care system. [So] that’s socialized medicine in the…
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The Bride of Old Frankenstein
Capitalism’s Wedded Bliss of Profit and Exploitation Two years ago, at the age of 77, my mother had totally unnecessary knee replacement surgery. Until the time mom called me…
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Old Frankenstein
(A Daughter’s Guide to Dealing with our Monstrous Elder Care System) My dad has Alzheimer’s. Although I don’t really know what that means. Clinically, I’m told Alzheimer’s is the strangling…
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We are all Adara Scarlet
I met the pretty, petite, 27-year old from Colorado, Adara Scarlett, three days before she stood in front of a Washington, DC hotel as part of the October, 2011 Occupation…
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How Do You Defend a Nation Against a Backlash of Grief?
How do you defend a nation against a backlash of grief? SHOCK & DENIAL Recently, Americans were dealt a blow to justice when they learned the jury in…
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Sticker Shock: How Nonprofit Hospitals Bankrupt the Sick
According to Monmouth Medical Center’s required annual informational return Form 990 (find it on www.guidestar.org), in 2008, the Saint Barnabas Hospital System (Monmouth Medical is one of seven operating hospitals) paid over $3.5 million to its chief executive officer. You’ve gotta empty a lot of underprivileged people’s pockets to get that kind of payload.
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Land of the Free (Certain Restrictions Apply)
Real revolution – is that you don’t need healthy animals to make a profit. Sick animals are more profitable.”
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Land of the Free (Certain Restrictions Apply)
Real revolution – is that you don’t need healthy animals to make a profit. Sick animals are more profitable.”
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NOT The View
One day, Barbara read a letter Paris Hilton had sent from her jail cell. For that item I’m thankful. My daughter owes me $25 over a bet on whether Paris was illiterate.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Health Care BC (for the love of Universal Single-Payer)
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is all thumbs!
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