Tag: healthcare
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For Ailing Health System, a Diagnosis but No Cure
New York Times: For Ailing Health System, a Diagnosis but No Cure WASHINGTON — Nearly everyone agrees that there is something sick about the American health care system, especially when it comes to the seemingly out-of-control rise in costs. While Democrats and Republicans continue to fight over the remedy, there is one man who can…
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Human rights are the wrong basis for healthcare
Financial Times: Human rights are the wrong basis for healthcare William Easterly The agonising US healthcare debate has taken on a new moral tone. President Barack Obama recently held a conference call with religious leaders in which he called healthcare “a core ethical and moral obligation”. Even Sarah Palin felt obliged to concede: “Each of…
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Why Health Care Will Never Be Equal
New York Times: Why Health Care Will Never Be Equal Greg Mankiw … Imagine that someone invented a pill even better than the one I take. Let’s call it the Dorian Gray pill, after the Oscar Wilde character. Every day that you take the Dorian Gray, you will not die, get sick, or even age.…
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Wal-Mart backing of reform draws ire
Columbus Dispatch: Wal-Mart backing of reform draws ire CHICAGO — The nation's love-hate relationship with Wal-Mart is taking an unexpected turn now that the "Beast from Bentonville" is endorsing a plan to require employers to provide health coverage for all workers. The National Retail Federation directly criticized Wal-Mart last week for endorsing mandated health care.…
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Why are MD Salaries So High? The Medical Cartel
Carpe Diem: Why are MD Salaries So High? The Medical Cartel Greg Mankiw features the chart above on physicians' salaries in the U.S. vs. various European countries and Canada, showing that MDs in the U.S. make about $200,000, which is between 2 and 5 times as much as doctors make in other countries. How…
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Are These Conclusions Valid?
As you know, I tend to post many links to articles with a statistical component. Yesterday I read an interesting article in the Kansas City Star (AP) titled Racial gap in colon cancer deaths is widening. The racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening, a new report says, and experts partly blame blacks'…
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Five Myths About Health Care
Forbes: Five Myths About Health Care Sen. Barack Obama has drawn many voters to his side, thanks in no small part to his health care plan. Unfortunately, his proposals rest upon several falsehoods that are all too common in the health care debate. Using his own words, let's take a look at the senator's contentions–and…