I wish I could star this more! I have lumps and bumps on my head, and a flat spot probably because my mom let me lay on my back too much when I was a baby.

So many people should ask their mama first: do I have a good head? Where’s my baby pictures at?

KATE WHAT ABOUT AMANDLA

Dayummmmmm! I miss COTD!!!!

Glad to hear you got a good one! 100% agree on the egos. I’m an Emergency Medicine doctor, and I swear 25% of my job is soothing the egos of specialists so they will do their fucking jobs (think listening to a neurologist sob about how he has too many patients and everyone expects too much of him for 10 minutes when…

“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born and not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to…

Agreed. However, besides representing the medical field poorly on a moral front, I’d also like to point out that the physicians in congress also represent them poorly demographically. As of 2010 >30% of physicians were female, and that number has only increased over time. There are little to no female physicians in…

A friend of mine was visiting Paris from North Africa and had an ear infection. He went to the hospital, received treatment, antibiotics, and a follow-up call.

Agreed. Alas, it must be done with a clever soundbite lasting no more than 20 seconds for it truly to resonate. Or, the average time frame in which the American voter pauses on any given channel.

Reminds me of my friend who lives in Paris. And she needed a doctor because she had dangerously low blood pressure. The doctor made a house call. That’s right, THE DOCTOR MADE A HOUSE CALL!

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

Of special note: Slovenia. 🌺

Me too. I rely on Medicaid and I have serious pre existing conditions.

Better yet, a picture is worth a thousand words:

But he’s “pro-life,” right? Ugh.

Points for honesty. They should make him the official face of the GOP with that phrase running on loop.

I always wait in anticipation of the fictional story of “People are flocking down to the US from Canada to get treatment because theirs is so shitty”.

Senator Jim Lankford (R-Oklahoma) was speaking to Chuck Todd about the CBO report this afternoon. When Todd asked him about CBO’s esitimate that 23 Million people would lose healthcare under Trumpcare, his response was (and I had to rewind to make sure I heard it correctly) “That really doesn’t bother me”