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Senator Hillary Clinton's release of her universal health coverage plan dominated the news this week, with journalists and policy experts dissecting the 10-page outline of policy ideas she offered. Our articles section below has several links, including a piece I wrote for USA Today in response. Bottom line: The plan is carefully focus-group tested, without the hubris of 14 years ago when the … [Read more...] about Clinton Redux

Senator Hillary Clinton's release of her universal health coverage plan dominated the news this week, with journalists and policy experts dissecting the 10-page outline of policy ideas she offered. Our articles section below has several links, including a piece I wrote for USA Today in response. Bottom line: The plan is carefully focus-group tested, without the hubris of 14 years ago when the … [Read more...] about Clinton Redux

John Stossel?s latest special, ?Whose Body Is It Anyway? Sick in America? features a range of examples and interviews with experts, including Galen?s Grace-Marie Turner, to counter Michael Moore?s documentary ?SiCKO? and comes to a very different conclusion about America?s health care system. Below are studies, and their relevant excerpts, referenced by Grace-Marie during her interview: 1. Why … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner on ABC's 20/20 with John Stossel

John Stossel?s latest special, ?Whose Body Is It Anyway? Sick in America? features a range of examples and interviews with experts, including Galen?s Grace-Marie Turner, to counter Michael Moore?s documentary ?SiCKO? and comes to a very different conclusion about America?s health care system. Below are studies, and their relevant excerpts, referenced by Grace-Marie during her interview: 1. … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner on ABC’s 20/20 with John Stossel

Premiums for job-based health insurance increased by 6.1% this year, the lowest rate of increase since 1999, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported this week. Also, the number of firms offering high-deductible plans increased by nearly 30%, and premiums for these plans were the lowest of all plans while employers made generous contributions to spending accounts for their workers. Pop quiz: How … [Read more...] about The Straight Scoop

Premiums for job-based health insurance increased by 6.1% this year, the lowest rate of increase since 1999, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported this week. Also, the number of firms offering high-deductible plans increased by nearly 30%, and premiums for these plans were the lowest of all plans while employers made generous contributions to spending accounts for their workers. Pop quiz: How … [Read more...] about The Straight Scoop

For most of the past twenty years, teen suicide rates have fallen quite consistently. Many credit the introduction of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a commonly-prescribed class of anti-depressants, for this drop.  But in 2004, the teen suicide rate jumped by an unprecedented 18 percent. This increase, according to a recent study in the Journal of American Psychiatry, … [Read more...] about Warnings on prescription drugs may have caused overreactions

For most of the past twenty years, teen suicide rates have fallen quite consistently. Many credit the introduction of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a commonly-prescribed class of anti-depressants, for this drop.  But in 2004, the teen suicide rate jumped by an unprecedented 18 percent. This increase, according to a recent study in the Journal of American Psychiatry, was … [Read more...] about Warnings on prescription drugs may have caused overreactions