Trudy Lieberman of Columbia Journalism Review has an excellent article which scrutinizes John McCain's often-repeated claim that the United States has "the best healthcare in the world."
She writes:
The Commonwealth Fund, which each year compares the U.S. system to those of other countries, has found serious shortcomings in the... Read more
With nobody standing between him and the GOP nomination for president,
John McCain is talking about issues. Slowly he's beginning to clarify
his healthcare proposals. Here's what we're beginning to see: At the heart of McCain's plan is a radical thought: Take away the tax
breaks employers get for insuring their workers, and turn that... Read more
With all the healthcare political debate focused on Medicare, the cost of chronic diseases and baby boomer healthcare issues, it's easy to forget about young people and the '08 healthcare vote. But a recent survey of college students' thoughts about healthcare, reported on in The Washington Post, sheds some light. The online... Read more
While the presidential candidates are battling it out over Big Healthcare Reform, there's a bill moving through Congress that could have huge impact on the healthcare of millions--especially on people with mental illness. The short version: There are two "mental health parity" bills in Congress, both aimed at making insurers... Read more
Drug advertising works: More than a third of people surveyed by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that they'd asked a doctor for a prescription for a drug they saw advertised on TV. And 82 percent of the time the doctor wrote a prescription. Two other key findings, quoting from the report:... Read more
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