PNAS 2015 Dec 112(49) 15078-83, Fig. 1 By Susan Grigsby Sunday Apr 02, 2017 · 6:00 PM PDT reported on Daily KOS In 1995, at the height of the AIDS epidemic, there were 43,115 deaths from the disease and its complications. Twenty years later, our current opiate epidemic has passed that gruesome marker, racking up…
BC Pays a ‘Huge Premium’ for Contracting Out Health Admin: Analyst Cost of Maximus contract has ballooned over its 10-year term. By Andrew MacLeod Today | TheTyee.ca Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of A Better Place on Earth: The Search for Fairness in Super Unequal British Columbia (Harbour Publishing, 2015). Find…
Privatization, lack of investment and broken promises have been and are costly. By Paul Willcocks Today | TheTyee.ca Paul Willcocks is a journalist and former publisher of newspapers, and now an editor with The Tyee. This report is part of The Tyee’s reader-funded B.C. 2017 election coverage. To learn more about becoming a Tyee Builder, go here. …
So far, LNG industry hasn’t done much except fill BC Liberal coffers. By Peter McCartney and www.TheTyee.ca Peter McCartney is climate campaigner for the Wilderness Committee. In the last four years, Clark’s BC Liberals have received over $1 million in political contributions from fracking, gas pipeline and LNG companies. Photo: BC Gov’t Flickr. British Columbia’s much-hyped…
The USA Congressional Budget Office says that the Republican health care bill will substantially raise premiums for seniors — by more than 5O%. But Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is CELEBRATING and calling the bill a success! The Republicans cannot play games with our health care like this. The Congressional Budget…
