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ICYMI: Vox Populi with Sean Astin

On Thursday, I joined Sean Astin on his podcast Vox Populi to discuss the Joe Biden-Paul Ryan debate in Danville, Kentucky. Download the show here (conversation starts at the 40 minute mark) and don’t forget to subscribe to Sean’s podcast on iTunes!

Vox Populi is about Politics Politics Politics. Sean Astin tackles issues (some hot button topics) & connects them to the real world political environment in America. The show's got High Profile Guests, Questions from the Audience, Honorary Co-Hosts, Analysis, Micro Debates and high spirited, fast action Civic & Political Banter/Commentary.

Institute of Medicine Report Highlights $750B in Unnecessary Healthcare Spending

After years of corporate abuse, there can be no alternative to a government payer health care system without private sector reforms. According to an Institute of Medicine report, wasteful spending and inefficient uses of technology accounted for $750 billion in unnecessary health expenditures last year.

This system is bankrupting our nation morally, financially, and physically. As discussed in Patriot Acts, until we address core issues—why our costs are so high, why our outcomes are so poor, and why, as a nation, we’re in such bad shape—there can be no meaningful reform.

"America spent $2.6 trillion on health care last year; about one in every six dollars went into the health-care system. A third of that spending — a full $750 billion — did nothing to make anyone healthier." Sarah Kliff, Washington Post

From The Washington Post

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Chapter 2 of Patriot Acts now available on Facebook!

Introduction and Chapters 1 & 2 of Patriot Acts are now available for FREE on Facebook! Click on the photo below to read the most recently uploaded chapter:

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