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More on Health Care as Public/Common Good

WEBMore on Health Care as Public/Common Good. Steven L. Taylor · Friday, May 6, 2011 · 24 comments. In the comment section of my post yesterday on health

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Is Health Insurance Really Insurance

WEBJames Joyner · Monday, October 16, 2006 · 22 comments. Arnold Kling argues that what we call “health insurance” isn’t really insurance at all. [Mark] Thoma …

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Why Does USA Outspend G7 on Healthcare

WEBThe surprising trend among G7 countries is that higher health care costs correlates with higher infant mortality. [A]mong the G7 countries, public spending on …

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When Will We Get Back to Normal

WEBNormal means we’ve reached a risk-of-illness-or-death level we can accept. [ emphasis in original] Epidemiology isn’t the only science that dictates when pandemics …

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Health Care Costs And The Third-Party Payer Problem

WEBUnder the experiment, insurance deductibles were varied from zero to $1,000. Those with no out-of-pocket costs consumed substantially more health care than those …

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Mental Illness, Gun Rights, And Medical Privacy

WEBBUFFALO, N.Y. — Thursday, a state Supreme Court Judge ruled guns seized from David Lewis, 35, must be returned to him after he was incorrectly identified …

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Rachel Levine Becomes 1st Transgender 4-Star

WEBJames Joyner · Tuesday, October 19, 2021 · 29 comments. WaPo (“ Rachel Levine, openly transgender health official, to be sworn in as four-star admiral in Public …

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Should Justice Kagan Recuse Herself From Health Care …

WEBTuesday, 15 November 2011 at 20:30. If Solicitor General Kagan had worked for a republican administration, was herself a republican, and was then scheduled to sit on …

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Rural Hospitals Not Offering Obstetric Care

WEBFrom 2015 to 2019, there were at least 89 obstetric unit closures in rural hospitals across the country. By 2020, about half of rural community hospitals did not …

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U.S. Life Expectancy: We’re Number 1 – Outside the Beltway

WEBTyler Cowen passes along a reader comment that, The difference in life expectancy between the US and Netherlands is often referred to as an example of how …

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Laura Ingraham Recovering from Cancer Surgery

WEBTalk radio host Laura Ingraham had surgery for breast cancer yesterday morning and all looks good, according to her website: Laura’s breast cancer surgery …

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All Women are Pre-Pregnant – Outside the Beltway

WEBNew federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves — and to be treated by the health care system — as pre-pregnant, …

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Doctor’s Office Baby Pictures Barred By HIPAA

WEBObstetricians officers are apparently ending the decades old practice of posting pictures of babies delivered by their physicians because of federal health care …

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Medicaid’s Crowding Out Effect – Outside the Beltway

WEBSteve Verdon · Thursday, July 14, 2005 · 10 comments. From the National Bureau of Economic Research comes this interesting study that Medicaid crowds out …

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Americans Pay More in Taxes than We Spend on Food, Clothing, …

WEBOn average in 2021, American consumer units spent $8,289.28 on food; $1,754.39 on clothing (apparel and apparel-related services); and $5,451.61 on health …

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Kim Jong Un Reportedly Ill, May Have Diabetes And Gout

WEBOn Friday, North Korean authorities, in a rare display of openness about their leader’s health, admitted for the first time that Kim was suffering from an …

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Jimmy Carter Blames Ted Kennedy For Failure To Pass Health Care …

WEBIn his 2009 memoir, “True Compass,” Kennedy blamed Carter for dragging his feet on health care and wrote that Carter viewed his health-care efforts as a …

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An Alternative History Exercise: What If JFK Hadn’t Died

WEBThe 1972 Election — Lyndon Johnson died on January 22, 1973 and was in poor health long before then. In fact, he had experienced a massive heart attack in April …

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Harvard Researchers: Take Obese Kids Away From Their Parents

WEBA group of Harvard University researchers are proposing that child welfare agencies be authorized to take severely obese children away from their parents: As the …

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