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Why Can’t The Market for Medical Care Work Like Cosmetic Surgery?

Americans see their doctors more than 1 billion times a year ―…

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What Paul Krugman Doesn’t Know About Health Reform

Writers sometimes worry if a day will come when they have nothing…

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Coming: A Two-Tiered Health Care System

I believe we are moving toward two different health systems. I believe…

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Another Reason Why Accurate Comparison of Health System Costs in Different Countries Is Difficult

In order to compare health costs in different countries, expenditures must be…

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Driverless Cars: Boon or Bane?

The good:Driverless vehicles are expected to help children, the blind, the elderly…

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Malpractice Law Is Bad for Your Health

One of the worst features of the American health care system is…

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What If a Whole Country Goes on a Diet?

After reminding us that “One should interpret anything about Cuba, or coming…

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Why Do Some States Spend More on Health Care?

Health care spending varies radically across the 50 states. Massachusetts (at $9,278…

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State Alternatives to Medicaid Expansion

States are being encouraged to take the federal money and run —…

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Health Care’s Anti-Cash Bias

The patient needed a standard set of blood tests at LabCorp. The…

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