February 2023

The Constitution is about the process of governing and not about personal or individual freedoms

by faithgibson on February 28, 2023

in Draft

Unfinished draft – work-n-progress — topics incl. vocabulary ~ self-determination, autonomy 06-02-2023 @ 1:14 stop for now @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The Constitution ~ what it is and what it isn’t! There are 4,543 words in the United States Constitution, but only 511 of them are nouns and “concept” words that define constitutional principles and process. Our individual […]

Draft Version ~ US Constitution, its 511 nouns, Post-Roe, Thinking out the box_

by faithgibson on February 23, 2023

in Draft

draft – work-n-progress 06-02-2023 — last edited on Friday @ 7:13 pm word count 11,167 This is a very long unfinished draft, skipping for now as i move specific topics to stand-alone posts ~ Thinking Outside the Box ~ The 511 nouns that appear in the US Constitution and as a class have been identified […]

draft ~ TOPIC-#13p22-23_A primer in Hospital Economics

by faithgibson February 14, 2023

TOPIC-#13p22-23_A primer in Hospital Economics As privately-owned for-profit business, hospitals depended on their patients being personally able to pay their hospital bills. But hospital bills are not the same straight-forward financial transaction as the purchase of most other services. By definition, hospitalized people (i.e. patients) are sick, injured, crazy or infected with communicable diseases. As […]

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draft ~ TOPIC#12_p22_The Double Whammy of Medical Science

by faithgibson February 13, 2023

TOPIC#12_p22_The Double Whammy of Medical Science Prior to the modern development of medicine as a science, the services provided by hospitals had little or nothing to do with “curing” diseases. Hospitals were in essence medical hotels that provided labor-intensive “hospitality” services” to the ill and injured. This is where the word “hospital” comes from – […]

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draft ~ TOPIC-#10_p-20-21_The last gasps of 19th century hospitals as they were dragged into the 20th century

by faithgibson February 12, 2023

TOPIC-#10_p-20-21_The last gasps of 19th century hospitals as they were dragged into the 20th century Prior to the modern development of medicine as a science, the services provided by hospitals had little or nothing to do with “curing” diseases. Hospitals were in essence medical hotels that provided labor-intensive “hospitality” services” to the ill and injured. […]

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