Mike the Mad Biologist

Thursday Links

Posted by Mike on January 28, 2010
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It’s Thursday. And that means links. Or something. Science:

China Second to US in research, set to pass in 2020
Research Project Grant Support For “Younger Researchers”
On the latest NIH soft-money kerfuffle
Collins warns Universities to roll back soft money jobs…sortof
Shrimp’s Dirty Secrets: Why America’s Favorite Seafood Is a Health and Environmental Nightmare

Other:

Reframing Public Ignorance
Civil unions and straight marriage
LUCY, CHARLIE BROWN, AND THE BIPARTISAN FOOTBALL….
How Wall Street Destroyed Health Care
Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction
Not A Single Intelligent Human Being Believes There Isn’t Bloat In The Defense Budget
51% Of Self-Identified Republicans In Swing Districts Favor A Public Option

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  1. #1 JasonTD
    January 29, 2010

    RE: 51% Of Self-Identified Republicans In Swing Districts Favor A Public Option

    Would you favor or oppose the national government offering everyone the choice of a government administered health insurance plan — something like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get — that would compete with private health insurance plans?

    Every poll that ends up with a result of large support for a public option has included the comparison to Medicare in the question. Since Medicare is single-payer, which the public option in any form would not be, that is a flawed comparison. I feel that it is just a way to sell the question, in other words, to push the poll.