Posted in Communism/Socialism, bioehtics, health care, insurance, kidney transplant, law, markets, psychology, research discussion, wealth, tagged Alan Johnson, Avastin, breast cancer, cancer, capitalism, Debbie Hirst, Dialysis, Doctors for Reform, England, ethos, government, Great Britain, health care, healthcare, hearing aid, hemodialysis, justice, kidney transplant, liberal, Liberalism, MRI, N.H.S., National Health Service, New York Times, oncologist, oncology, orthopedic surgeon, pancreatic cancer, Parliament, Paul Charlson, pension, philosophical, philosophy, politics, principles, Sarah Lyall, selling your kidney, Socialism, socialized, Tarceva, taxes, UK, United Kingdom, Yorkshire on March 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A reader of mine left an interesting comment on my post about selling your kidney. Here is an excerpt:
“I am waiting for a kidney and have been dialysising for 2 [and a] half years on hemodialysis and 5 years on capd - a gentler type of dialysis… I am…using up resources and cos[t]ing a lot [...]
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Posted in Communism/Socialism, bioehtics, health care, insurance, markets, medicare, misinformation/propaganda, politics, psychology, research discussion, wealth, tagged doctor, consumer, government, medicare, cancer, patient, health care, economics, philosophy, chronic disease, treatment, medical care, heart disease, preventative care, bureaucrat, liberal, conservative, Doctorpricing.com, incentives, Ezra Klein, The American Prospect, Peter Suderman, Doublethink, Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, Healthcare Economist, Jason Shafrin, United States of America, libertarian, heart attack, chemotherapy, trauma, coronary artery bypass, price transparency, life and death, moral agency, Kant, freedom on February 20, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Journalists Ezra Klein and Peter Suderman debate the government’s role in the future of U.S. Health Care (thank you Healthcare Economist). Whose argument carries more weight?
Klein’s main argument is decidedly anti-libertarian, which makes perfect sense because I don’t think he is a Libertarian. Klein’s conclusion is that it will take substantial government resources, research and [...]
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Posted in Communism/Socialism, health care, insurance, medicare, politics, tagged doctor, insurance, medicare, cancer, blog, health care, money, WCShort, bureaucracy, William Short, property tax, Jackson County, Department of Revenue, municipal, State of Missouri, online payments, bureaucrat, goverment, loan, interest, deadbeat on December 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My fellow blogger, WCShort, recently wrote a colorful piece on his experience attempting to renew his driver’s license and paying his personal property tax.
I had a similar experience with the Jackson County Department of Revenue, the municipality responsible for collecting my State of Missouri personal property tax. Because of confusion between internal departments, I was [...]
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Posted in Communism/Socialism, bioehtics, health care, insurance, law, medicare, politics, tagged Bexxar, Biogen, bureaucracy, cancer, capitalism, congress, doctor, drug, GlaxoSmithKline, government, health care, hospital, income tax, insurance, medicare, medicine, New York Times, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, radioimmunotherapies, reimbursement, Socialism, The Fair Tax, treatment, Zevalin on December 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Just about anyone who doesn’t work directly for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and has experience in health care, could not argue that Medicare’s reimbursement formularies adequately reimburse hospitals and doctors - AND keep a straight face. Medicare reimbursement, the bane of many hospitals’ existence, began, like many government programs, with a [...]
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Posted in Communism/Socialism, bioehtics, health care, insurance, law, markets, politics, research discussion, wealth, tagged health, care, doctor, nurse, consumer, HMO, cancer, patent, tax, NY Times, directed, Jay Parkinson, patient, money, income, Socialism, America, inflation, poor, economics, diabetes, New York Times, generic, drug, philosophy, consumer directed, prescription, editorial, behavior, managed care, abuse, IT, cost, chronic disease, Emphysema, provider, compensation, salary, primary care, Charlie Munger, Mark Twain, specialist, Rand, Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness, left0wing, MRI, DMV, transparency on November 25, 2007 | 16 Comments »
An interesting New York Times editorial sums up the key issues surrounding the soaring costs of health care in America. A number of ideas about possible causes and solutions are mentioned, and their known pros and cons discussed. The notion of consumer directed health care is mentioned, among other subjects, and some possible limitations are [...]
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Posted in health care, politics, tagged antibiotic, bloomberg, cancer, care, cnn, cubucin, disease, doctor, drugs, health, heart, hospital, infection, medicare, mrsa, patent, penicillin, propecia, staph, viagra on November 6, 2007 | No Comments »
People have criticized drug companies lately for spending billions on non-necessary drugs like Propecia and Viagra - the balding pill and the boner pill, respectively…and not focusing on an aging family of antibiotics. Drug companies continue to develop and sell antibiotics, which have thin profit margins, but most of the research & development has gone [...]
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