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The NY Times blog has an article "The Uproar Over Mammography," which links to a WSJ op-ed "A Breast Cancer Preview: The mammogram decision is a sign of cost control to come."In a world of consumer-driven health care that inc (Read More)
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In Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, the United States government incurred its largest ever peacetime budget deficit of $1.4 trillion, equal to 10 percent GDP. The way out of this fiscal hole must surely involve the slaughter of some o (Read More)
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From the article "White Collar Reset: Kidney for sale?" by Mark Cohen:In my last installment, I entertained the notion of opening a medical marijuana store in the New York City suburb my wife and I call home. This week, whil (Read More)
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PRINCETON, NJ -- More Americans now say it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage (50%) than say it is (47%). This is a first since Gallup began tracking this questi (Read More)
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Click to enlarge. According to a recent study by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), "Individual Health Insurance 2009: A Comprehensive Survey of Premiums, Availability, and Benefits":In the summer of 2009, America’s Hea (Read More)
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1. Among the things that people complain about under the present medical care system are the costs, insurance company bureaucrats' denials of reimbursements for some treatments and the free loaders at hospital emergency rooms (Read More)
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More competition among health insurers is a consummation to be devoutly wished. But there are better ways to get there than a public option. Here are three:■Tear down the barriers to buying insurance across state lines. ■ Re (Read More)
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Click to enlarge.From the American Booksellers Association letter to the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Deptartment of Justice:We ask that the Department of Justice investigate practices by Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, and Target th (Read More)
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Oct 23, 2009
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Click to enlarge.During his weekly radio address last Saturday, President Obama attacked health insurers for allegedly making excessive profits and paying excessive bonuses, for spreading "bogus" misinformation about the impa (Read More)
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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE) Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the launch of “Local Express Delivery,” a new shipping option giving customers same-day delivery in seven major cities including New York, Philadelphia, (Read More)
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When Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine voted for the Senate Finance Committee's health bill this week, Democrats rejoiced. "We have today a bipartisan bill," White House Press Secretary Joe Gibbs exulted. While it made sense for (Read More)
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Oct 07, 2009
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The purpose of the American Medical Association's "2008 National Health Insurer Report Card" is to provide physicians and the general public a reliable and defensible source of critical metrics concerning the timeliness, tran (Read More)
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Chartered in 1770, Williamsburg's "Publick Hospital" was established "for the support and maintenance of Ideots, Lunaticks, and other Persons of unsound Minds" who threatened colonial society. The hospital hoped to restore it (Read More)
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Fuzzy thinking is rampant among us. Michael Moore, out with his new movie "Capitalism: A Love Story," is often an incisive critic of corporate abuses and powers that threaten to weaken democracy, but he is inaccurate when he (Read More)
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This is part of an ongoing project to track the ideological shifts of the Obama administration. Click here to read the initial installment. Key search phrase for other installments in this series: "The Modero (Read More)
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From the Wall Street Journal article (9/29/2009) “Young Back Health Proposals Amid Potential Costs”:Young adults remain some of the strongest supporters of a health-care overhaul, but many acknowledge they don't understand pr (Read More)
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Do we need a "Public Health Insurance Option"?YES. "Save the Insurance Company Executives PSA."Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will FerrellUse this link if the video above doesn't play.NO. "Save the Celebrities PSA." Fro (Read More)
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In 1941 to 1945 America’s fighting forces fought a desperate war with a dedicated and ruthless adversary, the Empire of Japan, which the enemy began with a surprise attack and which for nearly four years they did everythin (Read More)
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Currently, there is nothing more controversial in President Barack Obama's health care reform proposal than the "public option." Much of the controversy, of course, has been generated by private insurance companies, determin (Read More)
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