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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Health Care</title>
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		<title>Bogus Civility</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally someone said what I&#8217;ve been thinking about this constant call to civility: Have we transformed into so brittle a citizenry that we are unable to handle a raucous debate over the future of the country? If things were quiet, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jenny McCarthy Body Count?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/jenny-mccarthy-body-count/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/jenny-mccarthy-body-count/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[though probably not the kind you were hoping for. I think the &#8220;Anti-Vaccine Body Count&#8221; version is the better one to use, but the Jenny McCarthy one will be used because it&#8217;s more sensational and attention grabbing, the same reasons &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/jenny-mccarthy-body-count/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Cult of Nutritionism Suffers a Setback</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/21/the-cult-of-nutritionism-suffers-a-setback/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/21/the-cult-of-nutritionism-suffers-a-setback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: gualtiero) In a fine blow to the pseudoscientific cult of nutritionism, an intensive study conducted by the National Institutes of Health applied the same laboratory standards to vitamin supplements as are routinely applied to pharmaceuticals. Unsurprisingly, the researchers found &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/21/the-cult-of-nutritionism-suffers-a-setback/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Gutter-al Scream</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost as if the Dems can&#8217;t help but to resort to misogynistic antagonism in dealing with Gov. Sarah Palin. This comes courtesy of Alan Colmes, citing Rogers Cadenhead who questions Palin&#8217;s maternal abilities: One bit of weirdness associated with &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/a-gutter-al-scream/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medifraud</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/21/medifraud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael F. Cannon at Cato blogs about a NYTimes article on the rife fraud found and covered up at Medicare. A confidential draft of a federal inspector general’s report claimed that the behavior they found at the Medicare Administration was &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/21/medifraud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>With This Ring</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/with-this-ring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What attracted you to your spouse?  Was it his devilish sense of humor?  Her warmth and abilities to be a fine mother?  His strength and intelligence?  Her beauty and sexiness? Today, we find couples tying the knot for another reason:  &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/with-this-ring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Conservative Blueprint for Health Care?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/14/a-conservative-blueprint-for-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/14/a-conservative-blueprint-for-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan Ellis, the Tax Policy Director at Americans for Tax Reform, presents 3 principles of conservative health care. Principle 1: Conservative health care reform should neither raise taxes nor increase the size of government. You’d think this would be a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/14/a-conservative-blueprint-for-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boundary Issues</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/boundary-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/boundary-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=3129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peg pointed me this way, and I really enjoyed nodding in agreement. Of course, I have long nodded in agreement with Megan. Especially on these: 2) Gay marriage. I&#8217;m basically pro, but I take the Burkean arguments seriously. 3) Immigration. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/boundary-issues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hippocrates Unbound</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/23/hippocrates-unbound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of state funded and administered universal health care is a bugbear of libertarians everywhere, and especially those who are subjected to such a system as a matter of course. Routinely held up as one of the worst of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/23/hippocrates-unbound/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paralyzed Woman Sues Chiropractic for Half Billion</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/paralyzed-woman-sues-chiropracti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems a chiropractor in Canada was manipulating a patient&#8217;s neck and paralyzed her. Luckily she isn&#8217;t dead from a stroke. Sandy had been going to Stiles regularly for more than seven years, receiving adjustments to her back and neck &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/paralyzed-woman-sues-chiropracti/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>And On This Topic -</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/01/and-on-this-topic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 04:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John McCain gets my vote. What exactly is the problem with the American health-care system? The problem is not that Americans don’t have fine doctors, medical technology, and treatments. American medicine is the envy of the world. The problem is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/01/and-on-this-topic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why White People Like Free Health Care</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/01/why-white-people-like-free-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 03:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another reason to read Steve Newton, you discover blogs with stuff like this on it: But the secret reason why all white people love socialized medicine is that they all love the idea of receiving health care without having &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/01/why-white-people-like-free-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery on the Middle Man</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/surgery-on-the-middle-man/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/surgery-on-the-middle-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all expect to eat &#8211; but we don&#8217;t get insurance to guarantee food.  We all need various sorts of transportation.  But, other than some insurance to cover the value of a valuable vehicle, we don&#8217;t need insurance to make &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/surgery-on-the-middle-man/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Sickening</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/21/the-sickening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Cuban medical office with a sign reading &#8220;No prescriptions available.&#8221; Photo by: Dr. Darsi Ferrer [via The Real Cuba]. News of Fidel Castro&#8217;s retirement has elicited some interesting responses. Chris Bertram&#8217;s has to be one of the most arrogant &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/21/the-sickening/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Better off Dead</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/better-off-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim at Wizbang links to this story about eugenic thinking in Brittan. The comments came as the Lords debated an amendment, [...] that would have protected unborn disabled children from abortion after the 24 week gestational time limit. The amendment &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/better-off-dead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Private health care comes to Sweden</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/private-health-care-comes-to-sweden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why? Because people are fed up with waiting for care and a health care bureaucracy with no incentive to improve: Waiting times for medical care in Sweden are the longest in Europe, according to the Health Consumer Powerhouse, which analyzes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/private-health-care-comes-to-sweden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Look Who Pays For Mitt-Care</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/look-who-pays-for-mitt-care/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/look-who-pays-for-mitt-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney oversaw the implementation of state-wide universal health care, something that he touts as a major accomplishment on his campaign website. In fact, after signing the legislation into law, Romney penned a an Op-Ed for &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/look-who-pays-for-mitt-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging Out in the TMC</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/27/hanging-out-in-the-tmc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, that&#8217;s me after a few too many cocktails in the hotel lounge. As Lance related, I&#8217;m in Houston in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) visiting my father who recently had an internal defibrillator put on his heart. The surgery &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/27/hanging-out-in-the-tmc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Take Two</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/22/take-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier in the day, you might have been wondering how much of your assets might melt away, as markets around the world gyrated with perceived increasingly negative news. Later, on political blogs everywhere, reports that Fred Thompson was ending a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/22/take-two/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomberg Busted</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/15/bloomberg-busted/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/15/bloomberg-busted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the &#8220;Holier Than Thou&#8221; department comes this interesting photo taken by Larry Fink for Wired Magazine. (link to larger photo) What&#8217;s that he&#8217;s reaching for with his right hand? Why, it&#8217;s a Cheez-ItTM! After gaining national media attention for &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/15/bloomberg-busted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A New Nigerian Shakedown</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/14/a-new-nigerian-shakedown/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/14/a-new-nigerian-shakedown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: Jonathan Boeke) The latest 419 scams aren&#8217;t the only nuisances for American businesses emerging out of Nigeria this year. Using the vast archive of documents made public during the 1990s epidemic of class action lawsuits against tobacco companies, Nigeria &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/14/a-new-nigerian-shakedown/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Talent, Economics 101 and Health Care</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/12/05/talent-economics-101-and-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/12/05/talent-economics-101-and-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personally I find this observation from a paper by Mark Ramseyer unsurprising to say the least: The Japanese national health insurance provides universal coverage. Necessarily, this entails a subsidy that dramatically raises the demand for medical services. In the face &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/12/05/talent-economics-101-and-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whither The Middle Class?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/27/whither-the-middle-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hillary and Obama agree on taxing Americans more, they just can&#8217;t agree on whether it&#8217;s the &#8220;middle&#8221; or &#8220;upper&#8221; class that they&#8217;re prepared to squeeze for votes (HT: Paul Caron): Class, always an awkward topic in the United States, made &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/27/whither-the-middle-class/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Innovation: Updated</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/14/health-care-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/14/health-care-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The meme that our private sector, especially our pharmaceutical and medical device companies, has nothing to do with our success as a health care innovator is unfortunately widespread: The great breakthroughs in the history of medicine, from the development of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/14/health-care-innovation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans as victims</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/14/veterans-as-victims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They have to be, so CBS tries to do the numbers. Like most of us however, when numbers fit you take them at face value: But a five-month CBS News investigation discovered data that shows a startling rate of suicide, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/14/veterans-as-victims/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, To Be a Fat Cat</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/12/oh-to-be-a-fat-cat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times has a nice piece on the latest health research on the impact of weight on health. Of course, like most nutrition and weight related research we should approach it with some caution as John Tierney has &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/12/oh-to-be-a-fat-cat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The cost of not paying</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/08/the-cost-of-not-paying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wilson Mixon notices a rather predictable, but nevertheless ironic aspect data on the cost of health care: Russ Roberts provides a snapshot of how much third-party payments have grown since 1960. My computations below are from the table from which &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/08/the-cost-of-not-paying/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mankiw Responds</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/06/mankiw-responds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Mankiw responds to questions about his views on health care following his piece on the misuse of statistics in the health care debate: Q: There has been a lot of blogosphere commentary on your piece. Are you going to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/11/06/mankiw-responds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Enough Already</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/10/enough-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago I linked to McQ and Mark Steyn on the state of knowledge about the &#8220;poor family&#8221; whose child was used by Senate Democrats in their push to expand the SCHIP program. Here is why: The &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/10/enough-already/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Clown Show</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/08/the-clown-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to bring you up to speed on the ridiculous response the Democrats  gave to President Bush&#8217;s  veto of the expansion of SCHIP and the mainstream media&#8217;s clownish and credulous layers of fact checkers, but here are a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2007/10/08/the-clown-show/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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