A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John looks at the names of 48 things you might not have known had names such as a "tittle", "scroop" or "contronym".
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Saturday, September 14, 2013
48 Names for Things You Didn't Know Had Names - mental_floss on YouTube (Ep. 26)
A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John looks at the names of 48 things you might not have known had names such as a "tittle", "scroop" or "contronym".
Monday, August 26, 2013
Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?
In which John discusses the complicated reasons why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, and along the way reveals some surprising information, including that Americans spend more of their tax dollars on public health care than people in Canada, the UK, or Australia. Who's at fault? Insurance companies? Drug companies? Malpractice lawyers? Hospitals? Or is it more complicated than a simple blame game? (Hint: It's that one.)
For a much more thorough examination of health care expenses in America, I recommend this series at The Incidental Economist: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wor...
The Commonwealth Fund's Study of Health Care Prices in the US: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/med...
Some of the stats in this video also come from this New York Times story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/hea...
This is the first part in what will be a periodic series on health care costs and reforms leading up to the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, in 2014.
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