The US Census Bureau released new figures yesterday (hat tip to Think Progress) concerning income in America (also see the Carpetbagger Report). I�ve uploaded a copy of the report (PDF) if you’d care to see the data yourself. Kevin Drum offers the most succinct analysis I’ve seen thus far: The good news is that women [...]

Cameron Creek I was out at Fort Bayard yesterday covering a meeting by the state Legislature’s Health and Human Services committee, and went for some photos once the meeting adjourned for the day. This was my favorite. On a related note, I met state Sen. Dede Feldman, who’s blog I’ve linked to the past. She’s [...]

I attended the funeral for Dusty Shuck yesterday, and felt out of place. I was an outsider looking in, and that always makes for a little awkwardness. Regardless, I was glad to have gone. Shuck’s story is one that brings to the forefront so many issues, or would if people cared. Which, in reality, is [...]

Kate Steadman over at Healthy Policy is rocking the health-care news again, this time with news of equal care: I’ve been meaning to post on this for awhile, but hadn’t really figured out the direction to take. A new research project by RAND found that regardless of race, age, or income, patients in the U.S. [...]

Amanda, over at Pandagon: The bill also puts a bunch of obstacles in between women and getting to actually see an ob-gyn at all. It’s also got language to make coverage of cervical cancer testing optional, probably in no small part because we all know that cervical cancer is one of those god-given punishments for [...]

From Democracy for New Mexico: From the Health Care for All Campaign and Health Action NM: HB481, the Health Coverage for All New Mexicans Committee Act, introduced by Rep. Danice Picraux, is scheduled for a hearing on Thursday, Feb 2, 2006 in House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee, Room 315 at 1:30 PM. HB 481 [...]

Well, I’m late to the party (as usual), but today is Blog for Choice Day. I feel somewhat naïve concerning the subject, mainly because I’m a man. It seems unrealistic that I speak on a subject that I know little about, so I’ll let Pandagon do it for me. You can click the image above [...]

New Mexico has received an overall grade of D- in emergency care, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican (free registration required): Further exacerbating access to emergency care is the state’s lack of nurses; it ranked 47th among states for this measure. The nursing shortage also might explain why New Mexico lags behind most states [...]