NYC Health Dept. Pisses on Shiva Natarajan’s Dhaba

These are troubled times for Shiva Natarajan, numero uno Indian restaurateur on the U.S. East Coast and Bollywood actor. The New York City Health Department has come down heavily on Shiva’s Dhaba Indian restaurant citing mice, vermin, sewage, garbage, pesticide, prohibited chemical and a host of other unpalatable issues at this restaurant on Lexington Avenue […]

Medical Butlers – Another Nail in U.S Healthcare Coffin

Yes. we all know Jeeves. Bertie’s venerable Man Friday, yes. But Medical Butlers. What in the heck is that? Well, Medical Butlers are a new category of workers brought about by the disastrous American healthcare system. As we were desultorily contemplating the coming collapse of the U.S. healthcare system, we were drawn to this new category […]

Affordable Health Care Coming – Obama

Wonderful News. At last an American President who understands the tragedy of unaffordable healthcare Folks, high healthcare costs is resulting in a bankruptcy every 30 seconds in America. A few minutes back in his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama said: [T]he cost of our health care has weighed down […]

Vinod Khosla Puts Money in Healthcare Startup ZocDoc

Venture capitalist and Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla has backed a New York City-based healthcare startup ZocDoc. Vinod’s VC outfit Khosla Ventures led ZocDoc’s Series A round, which raised $3 million. ZocDoc, which went live in September 2007, lets users make online appointments for primary care, dermatology, ophthalmological and dental care in New York City. The fledgling hopes […]

Shame, Shame – U.S. Comes Last in Healthcare

What’s wrong with America? In the supposedly richest country in the world, 47 million Americans are uninsured and have no access to even basic healthcare. Even those with health insurance are routinely denied treatment by greedy insurance companies. Now comes more disturbing news. The U.S. has been ranked last in providing effective healthcare to its citizens, […]

Ignore Bill Gates’ Health Care Nostrum

After several years of tormenting consumers and businesses alike with shoddy Internet Explorer, Office and Windows software rife with massive security holes, Microsoft is now peddling an Internet-based healthcare network. On Thursday, Microsoft rolled out a web site called HealthVault to let individuals store and share personal health information online. The company also rolled out […]