Welcome to the DOG Patch: first in a series?

Lately my dander is up so often and so copiously, over what ' s happening in health care and the world at large, I ' m exhausted. Covered with nasty dander. Cowering under the sheets. Others seem to share this dysphoria. But I found if not a cure, at least a palliative. There ' s so much dander I can scrape it off with a great big shovel and toss as much as I can your way. Here ' s my first DanderOmnium Gatherum, or DOG, from the Cetona DOG Patch. Remember, these stories are all DOGs.Litmus Test for New HHS Secretary. The new sheriff at Health& Human Services, Alex Azar, has barely had a chance to wipe his feet in front of the now ironically-named Hubert Humphrey Building in DC. And already the attorney and former Eli Lilly big shot gets his big shot at letting us know whether he ' ll go up against his fellow plutocrats when it comes to the Affordable Care Act.WaPohas a goodstory on how, in Idaho, Azar ' s fellow rich white guy, multi-million dollar livestock owner and red state governor Butch Otter, is considering a truly insidious gem of a way to gut sick folks ' access to health care in the Gem State. Allow insurors to sell ACA-noncompliant policies, which, if the sheriff doesn ' t come to town and say not on my watch, allows risk pools to be invidiously divided. Which of course drives up sick folks ' premiums to untenable levels. What ' s it going to be, Alex?Opioid Addiction Industry: the Gift that Keeps On Giving. Hard to be snarky when so many people are ...
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