A Discussion of Morals and Values in Institutional Care for the Elderly:  How we Justify the Unjustifiable: Part I

By: Dave Kingsley Corporate Neglect and Abuse of Nursing Home Patients: A Low Risk-High Reward Practice     Why do nursing home corporations provide suboptimal and neglectful care while earning robust profits?[i]  Because they can.  Although the “law” is… Read More

Her teeth were black, she was dying of thirst…and paying $400 per day to live there…

By: Joe Sopcich This story should shock you, and it is worrisome if it doesn’t! The details in this date log record the experience of a Kansas resident who was faced with the task of finding safe placement… Read More

The Heritage Foundation “Project 2025” is Taking Right Wing Extremism to a New Level

Dave Kingsley Make no Mistake about It, Project 2025 is Powerful, it is Well-Funded, and it is Religiously Extremist, Misogynistic, and White Supremacist.     Last August, this headline appeared in the Washington Times: “Recruiting is underway for Trump-like ‘wrecking ball’… Read More

Russia & the United States:  Two Different Countries, Two Different Styles of Kleptocracy

By: David Kingsley Stealing from Taxpayers is Kleptocratic Behavior in Any Government After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia began to transition from totalitarian communism to an oligarchy of politically connected apparatchiks and mobsters from the Soviet… Read More

PBMs, The Invisible $500 Billion Per Year Industry

Anyone who has a regular medication regimen is usually quick to lament how costly it is. Well, you know, drugs are expensive, especially in America! But, what is the industry structure that determines and manages the price? The answer is found in a middleman enterprise known as the PBM, an acronym for Pharmacy Benefit Management. This acronym can also double as an oxymoron for patients who need medications because they are not benefiting from this interference in the system. Profit By Middlemen might be a more honest label.

How the Health Insurance Industry is Using Disinformation to Take Over and Defraud Medicare

By:   Dave Kingsley Corporate Greed in the Post-Truth Age Most Americans have never heard of the Better Medicare Alliance[1] – a Washington, D.C. think tank and front group for big health insurers such as UnitedHealth, Aetna, and… Read More

WHY DO THE  AMERICAN PEOPLE TOLERATE A POOR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM ALONG WITH BAD HEALTHCARE THAT COSTS SO MUCH?

By: Dave Kingsley Unchecked Bigness is One Factor Threatening our Democracy & Our Health Big corporations and big unions can be and indeed are in many cases bad for our health.  For instance, UnitedHealth, Centene, Cigna, CVS, and… Read More

Joe’s Story – Part 4 (Final)

In the final episode, part 4, Joe Sopcich shares the questions he wishes he had known to ask while his family performed their research for a desirable and safe care facility. The viewer will find this to be… Read More

Philanthropic Foundations, Quai-governmental Science Organizations, and Universities Often Act as Corporate Shills: How the Industrial Complexes Work

By:  Dave Kingsley President Eisenhower’s Warning In his 1961 farewell speech, President Eisenhower recognized danger in the development and growth of a new phenomenon in U.S. economic and political history – a permanent, massively funded, and rapidly growing… Read More

Joe’s Story – Part 3

In part 3 of this series, Joe finds it important to explain to viewers why he decided to record this story as a warning to help them understand the risks involved in finding quality care for their elderly… Read More