Comments on: Mind the Gap http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280805 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:03:10 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280805 <i>I find myself wanting to build comparative numbers, excess infant mortality vs the numbers of abortions.</i> It may not be a coincidence that some of the nations with the lowest infant mortality rate also have the lowest abortion rates, in spite of liberal abortion laws. The Netherlands comes to mind. The countries in north-west Europe generally have among the lowest infant mortality rates and the lowest abortion rates on the planet. I suspect these nations also have low rates of unwanted pregnancies because of widespread use of birth control. In the U.S., I believe there is a pretty strong correlation (not a perfect one) between states with high infant mortality and very restrictive abortion laws. I find myself wanting to build comparative numbers, excess infant mortality vs the numbers of abortions.

It may not be a coincidence that some of the nations with the lowest infant mortality rate also have the lowest abortion rates, in spite of liberal abortion laws. The Netherlands comes to mind. The countries in north-west Europe generally have among the lowest infant mortality rates and the lowest abortion rates on the planet. I suspect these nations also have low rates of unwanted pregnancies because of widespread use of birth control.

In the U.S., I believe there is a pretty strong correlation (not a perfect one) between states with high infant mortality and very restrictive abortion laws.

]]> by: Doug Hughes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280765 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:49:41 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280765 I find myself wanting to build comparative numbers, excess infant mortality vs the numbers of abortions. Which is higher? Where is the outrage about excess infant mortality which definately involves a viable life - both sides of the abortion debate would agree. But not a peep from the 'right to life' crowd. I find myself wanting to build comparative numbers, excess infant mortality vs the numbers of abortions. Which is higher? Where is the outrage about excess infant mortality which definately involves a viable life - both sides of the abortion debate would agree. But not a peep from the ‘right to life’ crowd.

]]> by: k http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280758 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:26:45 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280758 the income level for a family of three to get medicaid on OK is 2648 monthly and for family of 4 is 3148 monthly. That includes the unborn child and is after 240 per working adult is taken off the gross. Legal residents have to have been here 5 years, illegal residents are eligible for birth coverage only , no prenatal months. All in all the program is generous. Teens under 18 are rearely if ever covered for pregnancy by private insurance , so even if mom and dad have their dependent children covered, the insurance won't help . So the working parents may have it worse if they are a little over the income level and have insurance, they have to pay out of pocket. Looking at the info you gave , medicaid is really a function of where you are by age especially. Older workers tend to have stabler jobs with insurance. The young have jobs with no insurance and the teens aren't coverable anyway. Unfortunately the creator made us women to be fertile at the under age 38 crowd, the most likely to not have insurance, of course the creator did not design the private insurance system... the income level for a family of three to get medicaid on OK is 2648 monthly and for family of 4 is 3148 monthly. That includes the unborn child and is after 240 per working adult is taken off the gross. Legal residents have to have been here 5 years, illegal residents are eligible for birth coverage only , no prenatal months. All in all the program is generous. Teens under 18 are rearely if ever covered for pregnancy by private insurance , so even if mom and dad have their dependent children covered, the insurance won’t help . So the working parents may have it worse if they are a little over the income level and have insurance, they have to pay out of pocket. Looking at the info you gave , medicaid is really a function of where you are by age especially. Older workers tend to have stabler jobs with insurance. The young have jobs with no insurance and the teens aren’t coverable anyway. Unfortunately the creator made us women to be fertile at the under age 38 crowd, the most likely to not have insurance, of course the creator did not design the private insurance system…

]]> by: Finance » Mind the Gap http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280718 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:56:16 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280718 [...] Mind the Gap Fascinating information from Eesha Pandit at Reproductive Health Reality Check: The Alabama Department of Public Health released a report that shows a link between birth outcomes and health insurance, as reported by the Decatur Daily. The report, by the department&#8217;s Center for Health Statistic&#8230; [...] […] Mind the Gap Fascinating information from Eesha Pandit at Reproductive Health Reality Check: The Alabama Department of Public Health released a report that shows a link between birth outcomes and health insurance, as reported by the Decatur Daily. The report, by the department’s Center for Health Statistic… […]

]]> by: dr.steveb http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280706 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:26:31 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280706 This statement is false: "Now whether Medicaid has merely become a marker for things like education, age, race and economic status, is up to debate." There is no debate. It is exactly knowable. Of course Medicaid is a marker for economic status, it is by definition. It is means tested. You can only get it if you are very poor. And the health statistics could have been analyzed to statististically control for multiple colinear effects (which type of insurance, race, income), though no doubt under the current governor the health dept. professionals won't be allowed to. This statement is false:

“Now whether Medicaid has merely become a marker
for things like education, age, race and economic status,
is up to debate.”

There is no debate. It is exactly knowable. Of course Medicaid is a marker for economic status, it is by definition. It is means tested. You can only get it if you are very poor. And the health statistics could have been analyzed to statististically control for multiple colinear effects (which type of insurance, race, income), though no doubt under the current governor the health dept. professionals won’t be allowed to.

]]> by: sniflheim http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280697 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280697 Several years back, I remember hearing that American white had a decent overall quality of life standard as assessed by the UN, incorporating such things as infant mortality, and black America was right around Trinidad and Tobago. Several years back, I remember hearing that American white had a decent overall quality of life standard as assessed by the UN, incorporating such things as infant mortality, and black America was right around Trinidad and Tobago.

]]> by: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280615 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:06:42 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280615 Is religion at fault here? To some degree I think may be. Because in Dominionist, or, as I prefer to call it, "Christianista" America(can I trademark that?), blastocyst's and fetus's matter. Actual children, uhm, not so much... Until we wake up and realize the threat that these people pose in all aspect's of our lives, we will continue our downward spiral. It's a very sad day when Slovenia is next our goal for improvement in terms of child mortality. And that's not the only place we're well behind the rest of the civilized world. I want my old America back. It was far from perfect, but at least I could defend some of its aspects and actions. Today, I can't think of a single thing that I could say to defend us. I don't understand this country anymore. America under King George IV is like a drunk with a credit card on a bender, drinking martini's like water. The first martini is to unwind. The second, to unravel. The third, to unhinge. And we're well beyond the third! All the rest of the world can hope for, is that we pass out soon. The reckoning for our actions will come. And I, for one, fear that reckoning... Is religion at fault here? To some degree I think may be. Because in Dominionist, or, as I prefer to call it, “Christianista” America(can I trademark that?), blastocyst’s and fetus’s matter. Actual children, uhm, not so much… Until we wake up and realize the threat that these people pose in all aspect’s of our lives, we will continue our downward spiral. It’s a very sad day when Slovenia is next our goal for improvement in terms of child mortality. And that’s not the only place we’re well behind the rest of the civilized world.

I want my old America back. It was far from perfect, but at least I could defend some of its aspects and actions. Today, I can’t think of a single thing that I could say to defend us. I don’t understand this country anymore.

America under King George IV is like a drunk with a credit card on a bender, drinking martini’s like water. The first martini is to unwind. The second, to unravel. The third, to unhinge. And we’re well beyond the third! All the rest of the world can hope for, is that we pass out soon.

The reckoning for our actions will come. And I, for one, fear that reckoning…

]]> by: Mind the Gap ¦ Financial http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280588 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:40:00 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/09/13/mind-the-gap/#comment-280588 [...] Mind the Gap Fascinating information from Eesha Pandit at Reproductive Health Reality Check: The Alabama Department of Public Health released a report that shows a link between birth outcomes and health insurance, as reported by the Decatur Daily. The report, by the department&#8217;s Center for Health Statistic&#8230; [...] […] Mind the Gap Fascinating information from Eesha Pandit at Reproductive Health Reality Check: The Alabama Department of Public Health released a report that shows a link between birth outcomes and health insurance, as reported by the Decatur Daily. The report, by the department’s Center for Health Statistic… […]

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