Posts Tagged ‘Deaths’

realitycatcher-alapoet.blogspot.com realitycatcher-alapoet.blogspot.com The Department of Veterans Affairs has lied about the number of veterans who have tried to kill themselves, according to Sen. Patty Murray, who cited internal e-mails that put the number at 12000 a year while the department was publicly saying it was fewer than 800. Some experts now predict that suicide deaths among Iraq veterans will exceed the number of Iraq battlefield deaths. “The suicide rate is a red alarm bell to all of us,” the Washington state Democrat said. She added that the VA’s mental health programs are overwhelmed by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans even as the department seeks to downplay the situation. “We are not your enemy, we are your support team, and unless we get accurate information we can’t be there to do our jobs,” Murray said. VA deputy secretary Gordon Mansfield acknowledged the numbers discrepancy and apologized during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing. But Murray remained skeptical, saying the VA has shown a pattern of misleading Congress when it comes to the increasing number of soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan seeking help and putting a strain on Defense Department and VA facilities and programs. “I used to teach preschool, and when you bring up a 3-year-old and tell them they have to stop lying, they understand the consequences,” Murray said. “The VA doesn’t. They need to stop hiding the fact this war is costing us in so many ways.”
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The Hospice Movement: Easing Death’s Pains

Used – The American hospice movement has done much to bring aid and comfort to the dying and their families. Nonintrusive, humane care for persons with AIDS, a special environment for children with terminal cancer, pain management, the option of letting death occur at home rather than in a hospital, the very acknowledgment and acceptance of death as a natural event in contemporary American culture – all have been made possible in small or large part by the hospice movement. Yet as told by some o

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Ralph Reed calls for enacting key provisions of health reform, but disregards deaths from uninsured
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14-Year-Old Charged In Shooting Deaths Of Parents
A 14-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting deaths of his parents whose bodies were found in the bedroom of their home.
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New Analysis Shows Families Are Benefitting from Health Reform Law
Today, we got some good news about how the Affordable Care Act is already making a difference in people’s lives across the country.  The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), which provides retirement and health benefits to more than 1.6 million people and their families, sent me a letter detailing how the new law has already helped them improve benefits and keep down costs …
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Himfr.com reports NATO sees pick-up in Afghan combat, warns on deaths

President Barack Obama as well as Democratic liberals and moderates all found something to like Wednesday in an emerging compromise to expand the

role of government in the nation’s health care system, raising hopes inside the party that passage of overhaul legislation might be within reach

after a struggle lasting decades.

The same plan drew critics, though — and the threat of more opponents once closely held details become widely known.

Obama hailed “a creative new framework that I believe will help pave the way for final passage of legislation and a historic achievement for the

American people.” He said, “I support this effort, especially since it’s aimed at increasing choice and competition and lowering cost.”

A provision opening Medicare to uninsured Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 drew praise from some liberals.

Question by Obama: Why So Socialist: Where on the CDC under the top 10 deaths does it say “Cause of Death: Lack of Insurance”?
Seeing as the top 10 deaths are all life style due to poor diet, lack of exercise, and excessive abuse in smoking and drinking. I suppose it must be the cause of lack of insurance. So much for individual responsibility.

I looked at the causes of death, then I looked at what to do to prevent those causes of death. Luckily I have health care. I can get a prescription from my doctor to exercise, stop smoking, and diet.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/FASTATS/deaths.htm