Lee on Sep 06 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
A dissuasive argument against government healthcare actually.
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Peg on Aug 17 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Too often, I have heard people I know laud Cuba’s health care or some other aspect of their nation.
If you are someone who admires Castro’s Cuba - please read this
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Peg on Aug 16 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Health Care, Peg's Page
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: excellent health insurance.
Bo and Dena McLain of Milford, Ohio, eloped in March so he could [...]
ChrisB on Aug 14 2008 | Filed under: Blogs, Chris' Page, Health Care
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 no-brainer, but trust me that it isn’t.
Principle 2: Health insurance should have nothing to do [...]
Lance on Jul 25 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Health Care, Lance's Page, Libertarianism, Society
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’m basically pro, but I take the Burkean arguments seriously.
3) Immigration. Again, I’m pro–but while I think the anti-immigration side makes often ridiculously ahistorical arguments about [...]
Peg on May 01 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Health Care, Peg's Page
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 not that most Americans lack adequate health insurance. The vast majority of Americans have private insurance, and [...]
Lance on May 01 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Health Care, Humor, Lance's Page
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 a full-time job. This would allow them to work as a freelance designer/consultant/copywriter/photographer/blogger, open their own [...]
Peg on Apr 23 2008 | Filed under: Economics, Health Care, Peg's Page
We all expect to eat - but we don’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’t need insurance to make sure that we can get around.
Why then, do we need health insurance for routine exams, [...]
MichaelW on Feb 21 2008 | Filed under: Economics, Education, Foreign affairs, Health Care, MichaelW's Page
A Cuban medical office with a sign reading “No prescriptions available.” Photo by: Dr. Darsi Ferrer [via The Real Cuba].
News of Fidel Castro’s retirement has elicited some interesting responses. Chris Bertram’s has to be one of the most arrogant and least informed:
So let’s hear it for universal literacy and decent standards of health [...]
Lee on Feb 19 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Meet Alan Finch (video report). Alan became Helen Finch at 21, through sexual reassignment surgery…and then became Alan again when he was thirty. As you can see above, the results of his original surgery were extraordinarily effective. But Alan has decided he was misdiagnosed as suffering from gender identity disorder, and is now suing the [...]
Lance on Jan 29 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Health Care, Lance's Page
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 health-care systems in the region. About 33,000 people had been waiting more than three months for [...]
Lee on Jan 27 2008 | Filed under: Health Care, Lee's Page, Travel
Yeah, that’s me after a few too many cocktails in the hotel lounge. As Lance related, I’m in Houston in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) visiting my father who recently had an internal defibrillator put on his heart. The surgery went remarkably well and he seems more lively than when he went under the knife [...]
Lee on Jan 14 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Health Care, Lee's Page
(photo: Jonathan Boeke)
The latest 419 scams aren’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 has decided to get in on the gravy train. The BBC is reporting today that [...]
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