Here’s an interesting video below on Canadian Healthcare ! Which would you prefer, borrowing $100,000 from family and friends to be treated in the United States or waiting for treatment in Canada where everything is free ? http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2009/07/06/n_canada_healthcare.cnnmoney I found it interesting that Mitch McConnell exaggerated the wait time for a knee replacement so this [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Health care’
Healthcare in Canada or Healthcare in the U.S. Which is Better ?
Posted in Healthcare Reform, tagged Congress, Health care, Health Care Reform on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Haste Makes Waste
Posted in Healthcare Reform, Politics, The Economy, tagged Budget Deficit, budgets, Congress, Health care, Health Care Reform, stimulus on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the massive cost of the health care proposals that are being considered by Congress deals a crushing blow to one of the most cited selling points for health care reform: that it ultimately will save the taxpayers money. Adding hundreds of billions of dollars of additional health care spending [...]
Massachusetts Medicine
Posted in Politics, tagged Health care, Massachusetts universal heatlh care, Politics on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As Congress debates national health care and health insurance concepts, it seems wise to consider the actual experience of one state that has a universal health care law and mandates that every individual have health insurance. This article discusses the Massachusetts approach and some of the cost and revenue issues it has encountered.
Who Makes The Choice?
Posted in Politics, tagged Health care on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This article reports on President Obama’s remarks last night about saving health care costs by avoiding expensive treatments of patients who are deemed to be terminally ill or otherwise unlikely to enjoy a long-term benefit from the procedure. The President is right, of course: one sure way to reduce health care costs is to eliminate the kinds [...]
Coming Soon To A Location Near You
Posted in Work, tagged Health care, medicine, Northwestern, Work on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
H1N1 seems to be spreading throughout the U.S., which is what you would expect of an airborne condition in this time of easy, constant travel. It’s even invaded the ivy-covered walls of Northwestern University. I don’t think people are panicked about the so-called “swine flu,” but I do think people are aware of it. Earlier [...]
Vegetable Week: Curse of the Health Nazis
Posted in Food, tagged Health care, health Nazis, Science, vegetables on April 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the worst aspects of our modern society is that we constantly are hectored and beset by the well-meaning yet firm advice of so-called experts on all manners of personal choices that used to be left up to individuals to decide — such as what to eat. The news is filled with all kinds [...]
