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Health Care on Life Support

November 9th, 2009 · No Comments

From the Wall Street Journal, on the passage this weekend of health care legislation in the House: The bill is instead a breathtaking display of illiberal ambition, intended to make the middle class more dependent on government through the umbilical cord of “universal health care.” It creates a vast new entitlement, financed by European [...]

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Confessions of a Health Care Rationer

August 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Over at First Things, you will find an excellent article on the topic of rationing in health care, written by a clinical oncologist now working for the insurance industry in evaluating claims for medical necessity. Despite what would at first glance raise concerns about being an apologetic for the private insurance industry, this proves to [...]

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