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August 2007
'Sick and Sicker' to Counter Michael Moore Film
If you go to see Michael Moore's new film, Sicko, you will probably leave the theater wondering why nobody ever presents the other side of the story. Most ... (read more)
If you go to see Michael Moore's new film, Sicko, you will probably leave the theater wondering why nobody ever presents the other side of the story. Most ... (read more)
Alzheimer's Disease Could Cost Trillions: Study
A study released in mid-May is the first to quantify the dollar value of longevity, productivity, and other issues for Alzheimer's patients. Developing ... (read more)
A study released in mid-May is the first to quantify the dollar value of longevity, productivity, and other issues for Alzheimer's patients. Developing ... (read more)
August 2007 Health Care News (PDF)
The August 2007 issue of Health Care News features a two-page centerspread highlighting the advantages of free markets over socialism in providing health ... (read more)
The August 2007 issue of Health Care News features a two-page centerspread highlighting the advantages of free markets over socialism in providing health ... (read more)
Candidates, Media Betray Their Ignorance on Health Care Policy
On June 14, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards announced more details of his plan to guarantee universal health coverage on the national level. What ... (read more)
On June 14, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards announced more details of his plan to guarantee universal health coverage on the national level. What ... (read more)
Clarian Health Introduces Online Cost Comparisons in Indiana
In an effort to provide consumers with up-to-the-minute information on the cost of health care procedures, Clarian Health became the latest insurance provider ... (read more)
In an effort to provide consumers with up-to-the-minute information on the cost of health care procedures, Clarian Health became the latest insurance provider ... (read more)
Clarifying Our Health Care Options
Crisis of Abundance--Rethinking How We Pay For Health Care Arnold Kling Washington, DC: Cato Press, 2006 110 pages, hardcover, ISBN 1930865899, $16.95 Arnold ... (read more)
Crisis of Abundance--Rethinking How We Pay For Health Care Arnold Kling Washington, DC: Cato Press, 2006 110 pages, hardcover, ISBN 1930865899, $16.95 Arnold ... (read more)
Conn. Passes Controversial Law Mandating Emergency Contraception
Deb Heinrich was 18 when an acquaintance raped her. Now a Connecticut state senator (D-Madison), Heinrich testified about the rape to other legislators ... (read more)
Deb Heinrich was 18 when an acquaintance raped her. Now a Connecticut state senator (D-Madison), Heinrich testified about the rape to other legislators ... (read more)
DDT Is Urgently Needed to Prevent Malaria, Activists Say
May 27 marked the 100th birthday of Rachel Carson, author of the 1962 bestseller Silent Spring, a book that significantly influenced the modern environmental ... (read more)
May 27 marked the 100th birthday of Rachel Carson, author of the 1962 bestseller Silent Spring, a book that significantly influenced the modern environmental ... (read more)
Evidence-Based Medicine Neglects Individual Needs
The following is an excerpt from the paper "Restraining Health Care? Health Technology Assessments, Rational Use of Drugs, Evidence-Based Medicine and Relative ... (read more)
The following is an excerpt from the paper "Restraining Health Care? Health Technology Assessments, Rational Use of Drugs, Evidence-Based Medicine and Relative ... (read more)
Experts Warn Against Socialized Health Care
A panel convened in Minnesota by a financial consulting service on June 14 called universal health insurance coverage "an economic and moral imperative." ... (read more)
A panel convened in Minnesota by a financial consulting service on June 14 called universal health insurance coverage "an economic and moral imperative." ... (read more)
Florida Law Aims to Curb Childhood Obesity
Under a law signed by Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on May 17, Florida elementary schoolchildren will participate in 150 minutes of physical education each week. The ... (read more)
Under a law signed by Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on May 17, Florida elementary schoolchildren will participate in 150 minutes of physical education each week. The ... (read more)
Foreign Drugs Too Unsafe to Import: Experts
In May, the U.S. Senate approved a bill that would permit the importation of foreign prescription drugs if the U.S. Health and Human Services Department ... (read more)
In May, the U.S. Senate approved a bill that would permit the importation of foreign prescription drugs if the U.S. Health and Human Services Department ... (read more)
Gardasil's Dangers, Limitations Are Reported
Gardasil, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that several state legislatures are considering mandating girls must receive to attend school, may be more ... (read more)
Gardasil, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that several state legislatures are considering mandating girls must receive to attend school, may be more ... (read more)
How Can We Find the Optimum Regulation for Prescription Drugs?
The following is an excerpt from the booklet More Choices, Better Health: Free to Choose Experimental Drugs, by Bartley J. Madden--the third in a several-part ... (read more)
The following is an excerpt from the booklet More Choices, Better Health: Free to Choose Experimental Drugs, by Bartley J. Madden--the third in a several-part ... (read more)
How to Cover the Kids
Who could be against health insurance for children? People who want government to run the whole health care system are counting on there not being very ... (read more)
Who could be against health insurance for children? People who want government to run the whole health care system are counting on there not being very ... (read more)
Illinois Seeks to Regulate Retail Clinics
As low-cost, convenient retail health clinics grow increasingly popular nationwide, a political backlash against them is gaining momentum. In early May, ... (read more)
As low-cost, convenient retail health clinics grow increasingly popular nationwide, a political backlash against them is gaining momentum. In early May, ... (read more)
Markets Are the Answer to Health Care Problems
Free markets have created prosperity and progress worldwide. The freer a country's economy, the more prosperous it becomes. Goods and services become cheaper ... (read more)
Free markets have created prosperity and progress worldwide. The freer a country's economy, the more prosperous it becomes. Goods and services become cheaper ... (read more)
Midwives Progress Toward Licensure in Illinois
By this fall, expectant mothers in Illinois may no longer be forced to leave the state or hide from authorities in order to deliver their babies at home. Talks ... (read more)
By this fall, expectant mothers in Illinois may no longer be forced to leave the state or hide from authorities in order to deliver their babies at home. Talks ... (read more)
Reforms to Avoid
This is the season for health insurance reform, and that's dangerous. The odds of doing something bad are much higher than the chances of doing something ... (read more)
This is the season for health insurance reform, and that's dangerous. The odds of doing something bad are much higher than the chances of doing something ... (read more)
Relaxed Regulation Fuels Dramatic Growth in HSAs
The weather isn't the only thing heating up: Health insurance accounts are on fire. New federal regulations and rocketing health insurance rates are ... (read more)
The weather isn't the only thing heating up: Health insurance accounts are on fire. New federal regulations and rocketing health insurance rates are ... (read more)
Retail Clinics Expanding Nationwide
One of the leading operators of retail health clinics nationwide, MedBasics, announced on May 22 an agreement with USA Drug to open five additional retail ... (read more)
One of the leading operators of retail health clinics nationwide, MedBasics, announced on May 22 an agreement with USA Drug to open five additional retail ... (read more)
