Your Morning Sift

Good morning.

We have arrived. TGIF, readers, and don't forget about the SFDB Weekend Widget in the right sidebar. I just updated it this morning. Enjoy your Sift.

A- The Cuban Triangle posts an exhaustive summary of the Alan Gross case in Cuba.

B- The Reid Report looks at the Susan G. Komen fiasco.

Now that Susan G. Komen has turned itself over to the anti-abortion movement, there’s no turning back.

C- The Chowfather and Blind Tastes give us their impressions of the latest Cobaya dinner that has a back-to-school theme.From the latter...

Diners gathered at SushiSamba on Lincoln Road for a dinner served by Chef Michael Bloise that certainly beared no resemblance to anything that has come out of that kitchen on any other night. Chef Bloise greeted everyone and announced that we'd be going "back to school" for this dinner. Menus were presented, class was in session.

D- Go Hydrology! gets high above the Tamiami Trail.

E- Some ideas about a viable healthcare system from Bark Bark Woof Woof.

One solution would be to provide a Canadian style health insurance system: publicly funded but privately administered. Doctors are not government employees, and the system does not pay for everything -- coverage varies from province to province -- and private insurance to provide for services beyond the basics is available. It's essentially a version of U.S. Medicare but without an age limit. That could be the foundation of the healthcare system, providing services to all citizens regardless of income or employment. For those who want more and can afford it, private health insurance would be available, much like the Medicare supplement, but the bottom line would be that no one in this country would be denied medical treatment because of their inability to pay or a lack of employment.

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