cost Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/cost/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:05:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 The Cost of that Burger https://smthingscount.com/2020/03/14/the-cost-of-that-burger/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:05:36 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8963 Many of us, knowing how much it costs our environment to eat beef hamburgers, are trying veggie burgers and “impossible burgers.” The question is, though,

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]]> Why Drug Prices are so High https://smthingscount.com/2019/10/18/why-drug-prices-are-so-high/ Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:53:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8496 A new drug enters the market with a 20-year monopoly before a generic version of it can be sold.  This is the time period in which the pharmaceutical company recoups

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]]> Hope for Defeating Robo-Calls https://smthingscount.com/2018/10/02/hope-for-defeating-robo-calls/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:19:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7311 Next year, plan on half your phone calls being from robo-callers. That’s according to a recent report. There’s a solution to this–maybe. A program called

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]]> Thoughts from a Purple Flower https://smthingscount.com/2017/12/07/thoughts-from-a-purple-flower/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 16:24:59 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6443 Today’s Thursday Thought quote is a cost-free idea that is priceless. “When you see something beautiful in a person, tell them.  It may take seconds

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]]> How to Tell if that Organic is Worth It https://smthingscount.com/2017/08/30/how-to-tell-if-that-organic-is-worth-it/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:58:15 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6176 Organic or not, always wash fruit and veggies before eating them. But first you have to buy them. There’s so much hype about how much

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]]> Cheap Idea: Help Victims–But Not All https://smthingscount.com/2017/04/28/cheap-idea-help-victims-but-not-all/ Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:55:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5842 A new office is being created to help crime victims–but only the victims of immigrants.  It’s called Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, or Voice.  This

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]]> High Cost of Gunshot Treatment https://smthingscount.com/2017/03/29/high-cost-of-gunshot-treatment/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:16:54 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5750 Startling fact:  It took almost $7 billion–and possibly more–to treat gunshot victims over nine years (read Gunshot Wounds Cost U.S. Hospitals Nearly $7 Billion Over 9

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]]> Epipen’s Cost to Us All https://smthingscount.com/2016/08/29/epipens-cost-to-us-all/ Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:18:09 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5148 I admit.  I have a vested interest in the issue–a granddaughter with a peanut allergy.  I want her to keep carrying a non-expired Epinephrine-dispensing device

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]]> DVR and Cable Costs https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/23/dvr-and-cable-costs/ Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:24:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4489 There are two energy-gobblers you stare at daily yet don’t think much about.  One is your DVR. If you seldom use it, unplug it until

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]]> Cheaper Electric Cars https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/12/cheaper-electric-cars/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:47:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4449 Although I’d love to switch from an environmentally harmful gas car, I’ve had several concerns.  One is that there haven’t been any electric mini vans

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