Two weeks ago, The Conversation published a summary of Vice-President Harris's and former President Trump's past actions and policies during their political careers in regard to healthcare in the nation. The article is by Dr. Zachary W. Schultz of Auburn University, a specialist in the history of healthcare.
My cousin, a nephrologist, says that commodification of medicine has turned American doctors into contractual slaves, indentured servants. Thinking about this, I realized that not many of us actually understand what commodification means and why it is harmful for healthcare as a system. This is my explanation.
Susan Dunlap, of New Mexico Political Report, reports on the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee's discussion of the state of New Mexico's hospitals. In previous posts I have presented readings about the national health care system. Here, with this republication, we look at specific issues closer to home.
In September, the Commonwealth Fund released its eighth comparative report on health care systems in 10 wealthy and comparable nations, the US among them. How did we do and why?
Republication of article by "Capital & Main" in New Mexico Political Report, September 12, 2024. Its topic is the wastewater produced in fracking for gas and oil operations in New Mexico: its toxicity, the earthquakes produced by its injection into the ground, and the proposal to reuse it.
In New Mexico, horse racetracks have become centers of political power. This is a republication of a September 11 article by Noah Raess and Joshua Bowling in Searchlight New Mexico.
The funds for the Citizen are down to the last few hundred dollars, enough to get us to October. But we hope readers will donate enough to get us through all of next year.
A 36,000-square-foot soundstage complex to be built at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces will strengthen southern New Mexico's ability to support high-quality film and television productions.
Turtleback Mountain Resort in Elephant Butte will be hosting a regional art show & sale in late June that you won't want to miss. See the works of 50 local artists representing more than a dozen TorC galleries all in one place.
