tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020989200831574035.post4420126756836826350..comments2023-12-13T01:47:38.575-05:00Comments on The New Life of e-Patient Dave: Comprehending the US healthcare budgete-Patient Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11608258246509102466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020989200831574035.post-65845085943685200132009-10-07T14:20:05.657-04:002009-10-07T14:20:05.657-04:00With various health care reform bills floating aro...With various health care reform bills floating around both the House and the Senate, President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to get the votes that the bill needs, which is good news for the public option. President Obama continues to rally behind health care reform. I am really concerned that the fiasco of this reform may make Obama a one-term president.Nancy Harrishttp://www.asiarooms.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020989200831574035.post-48672142195716281722009-03-15T00:20:00.000-04:002009-03-15T00:20:00.000-04:00Wow: I checked the math, and that's right. "Mind-b...Wow: I checked the math, and that's right. "Mind-boggling," Ginny says.<BR/><BR/>1/5" is about 1/2cm, and that's a billionth of the US.<BR/><BR/>And a trillionth is a thousand times smaller than that. Well done.e-Patient Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608258246509102466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2020989200831574035.post-47919622503613153422009-03-14T23:57:00.000-04:002009-03-14T23:57:00.000-04:00I can give you another way to get an idea how big ...I can give you another way to get an idea how big a billion is. Last year I rode a bicycle across the country, about 3000 miles in 4 weeks. Every time I rode 3 miles I had completed another 1/1000 of the trip. There are about 16,000 feet in 3 miles, so every 16 feet represented 1/1000000, (1 millionth) of the trip. There are 192 inches in 16 feet so every fifth of an inch I rode was 1/1000000000 (1 billionth) of the trip. <BR/><BR/>On a flat road on pedal stoke moves you about 25 feet or more that 1 millionth of the distance across the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com