The latest general report from the World Health Organization is built on the faulty foundation that health care is a special economic activity requiring intense governmental involvement. Despite what you may have thought following the fall of the former Soviet Union and the general discrediting of Marxism as a political philosophy, socialism is alive and well in at least one major international … [Read more...] about Health Care a la Karl Marx
Clinton Executive Order Blasts Industry Plans to Provide Aids Drugs in Africa
For months, five major pharmaceutical companies have been working with the United Nations on a carefully crafted agreement to dramatically reduce the cost of AIDS drugs for patients in heavily stricken Sub-Saharan Africa. Last week the UN announced the agreement in which some companies pledged to sell their drugs at pennies above manufacturing costs while maintaining critical patent protection. … [Read more...] about Clinton Executive Order Blasts Industry Plans to Provide Aids Drugs in Africa
Health Care a la Karl Marx
The latest general report from the World Health Organization is built on the faulty foundation that health care is a special economic activity requiring intense governmental involvement. Despite what you may have thought following the fall of the former Soviet Union and the general discrediting of Marxism as a political philosophy, socialism is alive and well in at least one major … [Read more...] about Health Care a la Karl Marx
Clinton Executive Order Blasts Industry Plans to Provide Aids Drugs in Africa
For months, five major pharmaceutical companies have been working with the United Nations on a carefully crafted agreement to dramatically reduce the cost of AIDS drugs for patients in heavily stricken Sub-Saharan Africa. Last week the UN announced the agreement in which some companies pledged to sell their drugs at pennies above manufacturing costs while maintaining critical patent protection. … [Read more...] about Clinton Executive Order Blasts Industry Plans to Provide Aids Drugs in Africa
U.S. Perspective on NHS Initiatives
Letter to the EditorThe Times of LondonJuly 30, 2000 I am a US health policy specialist, and have just returned from a week in the UK where I followed with great interest the government's efforts to shore up the failing National Health Service. Mr. Blair has stated that this is the NHS's last chance. If his government cannot make a solid difference with the huge new investment it plans, it could … [Read more...] about U.S. Perspective on NHS Initiatives
U.S. Perspective on NHS Initiatives
Letter to the EditorThe Times of LondonJuly 30, 2000 I am a US health policy specialist, and have just returned from a week in the UK where I followed with great interest the government's efforts to shore up the failing National Health Service. Mr. Blair has stated that this is the NHS's last chance. If his government cannot make a solid difference with the huge new investment it plans, it … [Read more...] about U.S. Perspective on NHS Initiatives
Mediscare, Act II
The Medicare caldron is boiling once again, and the White House appears ready to use it to scald Republicans at the ballot box again next year. This time, however, a few key Democrats may spoil the soup. Hopes collapsed last week that the high-powered National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare would endorse a visionary plan to reform and modernize the antiquated program. The stakes … [Read more...] about Mediscare, Act II
Mediscare, Act II
The Medicare caldron is boiling once again, and the White House appears ready to use it to scald Republicans at the ballot box again next year. This time, however, a few key Democrats may spoil the soup. Hopes collapsed last week that the high-powered National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare would endorse a visionary plan to reform and modernize the antiquated program. The stakes … [Read more...] about Mediscare, Act II