Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Fractures Elbow

Yahoo has a video, but I prefer the BBC version of the story (even over Reuters) as it gives more detail. Mrs. Clinton was injured in a fall Wednesday.

She is expected to resume her regular schedule shortly, but must undergo surgery. (Ms. Sotomayor's ankle, Ms. Clinton's elbow ... what is going on???)
Those of you so inclined might add these valuable women to your lists for prayer / sending positive thoughts and energy.

She is to have surgery to repair her elbow in the coming week, Cheryl Mills said.

"Secretary Clinton appreciates the professionalism and kindness she received from the medical team who treated her this evening and looks forward to resuming her full schedule soon," her chief of staff added.

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Glad she is getting good single payer care

She deserves it!

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot." - Albert Einstein

Actually, federal employee health insurance is not single payer:

Per Steve Benen, writing in 2005 it's:

Politicians are part of the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program. They have a choice of between 5 and 10 health plans in each city. Some are HMOs, some are regular insurance with preferred provider programs. They select a plan they like, the federal government pays a large portion of the premium, and they pay the rest. For more expensive plans with a lot of choices of doctors and hospitals and more services, Senators and Congressmen pay more. For the basic plan they pay a little premium. Not every plan offered in a city is included — they are screened by the Office of Personnel Management. (My emphasis)

Wiki has a bit more.

Anecdote: Couple in my neighborhood experienced a serious financial crisis when the husband lost his job due to his employer being bought out and the subsequent downsizing. It was during the end of Poppy Bush's administration and it took a long time to find another job with decent pay. He ended up getting a job with DEA. But, they could not afford the insurance offered with his Federal job and stuck with a plan offered by the wife's second (unionized) job.

Obviously this WH is dangerous....

for smart competent women....especially any woman who should have been running it right now.

Shainzona

I hope the surgeon

is able to keep that elbow at maximum sharpness.