Health Care

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• Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments (November 4, 2009)
  this article includes quotes from Michael McConnell
  Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses...
• 'Cadillac' tax on health insurance worries unions (October 26, 2009)
  this article includes quotes from Richard A. Epstein
  Unions representing thousands of teachers and state and local government workers are bracing for the worst if Congress adopts a proposed "Cadillac" tax on health insurance...
• Stanford doctor critiques Democrats' health reform proposals (September 18, 2009)
  interview with featured guest Scott W. Atlas
  To broaden the health care reform debate, Bay Area News Group has run a series of Q&As in recent weeks with East Bay congressional representatives, all of whom are Democrats...
• Niall Ferguson: America the empire? (September 17, 2009)
  this article features Niall Ferguson
  Like it or not, America is still very much in the empire-building business, even under President Obama, said controversial author and historian Niall Ferguson, about two hours before he was scheduled to speak Tuesday night at the Weis Center on the Bucknell campus...
• Washington View: Medical malpractice also needs to be reformed (September 17, 2009)
  this article features Richard A. Epstein
  When President Obama addressed Congress and the nation on the need for health care reform, he brushed off medical malpractice lawsuit abuse with a cursory acknowledgement of the problem...
• A Health Care Plan for California (September 16, 2009)
  by John F. Cogan and George P. Shultz
  Our objective is to make health care in California more affordable and more accessible. There is virtual universal access now, but it is carried out in emergency rooms, which take all comers. Such an undesirable method not only heavily burdens emergency rooms but means that many people wind up without care because they do not have an organized way of obtaining it.
• Health care reform issues: Getting past the screaming (September 14, 2009)
  this article includes quotes from Scott W. Atlas
  While the iconic images of this summer's health care debate have been the screaming matches at town hall meetings, experts maintain there is more substance to the argument than has so far been on display...
• An Unnecessary Operation (September 14, 2009)
  this article includes quotes from Scott W. Atlas and Gary S. Becker
  This is the poll number that drives supporters of Obamacare crazy: Eighty-nine percent of Americans in a June 2008 ABC News/USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they were satisfied with their health care...
• Power to the Patient: Selected Health Care Issues and Policy Solutions (September 11, 2009)
  by Scott W. Atlas
  The debate rages on over how to cope with the rising costs of medical care—proposed solutions range from a single payer system with a broad government control to loosely defined market-driven plans. The authors look at three key elements of health care costs and offer thoughtful, realistic suggestions to help stem the tide of rising expenses for everyone.
• Getting justice right (September 10, 2009)
  this article includes quotes from Niall Ferguson
  ustice — that elusive state of fairness and rectitude in human affairs — is a big concept to wrap your head around...
• Death Panels and Decision Makers (August 26, 2009)
  this article includes quotes from Thomas Sowell
  When the town halls adjourn and the cameras stop rolling, the health care debate is about one thing: decisions...
• Most support some reforms but are wary of cost impact, survey finds (August 18, 2009)
  this article mentions David Brady and Daniel P. Kessler
  A survey finds that most Americans say they favor some components of healthcare reform, but are split on how much should come out of their own pockets...
• Obamacare’s Impact On Obesity, Liberty And Cost (August 11, 2009)
  this article includes quotes from Scott W. Atlas
  President Obama may see resistance to his healthcare proposal from a group he was not expecting: Obese Americans...
• Medical malpractice changes must accompany health care reforms (August 5, 2009)
  this article features Richard A. Epstein
  Americans overwhelmingly support reforms to our nation’s health care system...