The usual response to concerns about the months-long waiting lists for surgery in Canada and Britain is that this is a mere inconvenience, a small price to pay for universal “free” care. If you have […]
Another Democrat – Rep Barney Frank of MA — finally admits that the “Public Plan” provisions in the health care bills are intended to lead the U.S. to a single-payer, socialized system. “The best way […]
The longest-lived people are probably the Japanese. They have good genes, are seldom overweight, and eat lots of fish. They have had a government-funded medical system since 1927—and they also have a robust private medical […]
A number of countries report lower infant mortality than the U.S., but it has nothing to do with the source of payment for medical care.
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Hawaii is ending the only state universal child health-care program in the country, after just 7 months. The Keiki (Child) Care Plan was designed to offer health care insurance to the children of parents who […]
A middle-school teacher at the Urban Community Leadership Academy in Kansas City, Mo., was suspended for posting a YouTube video of a slogan-chanting drill squad. The video features 10 black male students in 8th or […]
The basic difference in the major candidates’ proposals for “health care reform,” according to Mark Pauley, writing in Health Affairs, is that McCain recognizes that workers earn their health benefits, while Obama apparently views benefits […]
Ostensibly, the vote was against pay cuts for doctors. But it was really about “creeping privatization of Medicare,” writes left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. Krugman blames Medicare deficits on the Medicare Modernization Act. Not Part D, […]
Nothing probably shows the potential of health savings accounts (HSAs) better than their enemies’ attempts to wreck them. An attempt to load on costly administrative requirements passed the House of Representatives but not the Senate. […]
