ALEXANDRIA, VA - Vice President Al Gore promises a Medicare prescription drug benefit that would be "affordable, accessible, meaningful, and competitively administered." It is an easy promise to make but much harder to keep. As experience with Medicare demonstrates, centralized efforts to provide access to health care almost always turn government into a medical gate keeper, deciding what kinds … [Read more...] about Europe’s Examples Shows Bureaucrats Delay New Miracle Medicines For Months
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A Helping Hand
The following editorial is a step in the direction of privatization recommended by the Galen Institute in a letter to The Times last summer. The Times of London, EditorialNovember, 1, 2000 The NHS concordat shows a welcome lack of dogma Yesterday was an historic occasion for the National Health Service. Alan Milburn, the Health Secretary, shook hands on a deal which could put an end to decades … [Read more...] about A Helping Hand