Author: cmh

The Cost Of Health Insurance Administration In California: Estimates For Insurers, Physicians, And Hospitals — Kahn et al. 24 (6): 1629 — Health Affairs

The Cost Of Health Insurance Administration In California: Estimates For Insurers, Physicians, And Hospitals — Kahn et al. 24 (6): 1629 — Health Affairs

If that link doesn’t give you access, try this one:
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/24/6/1629

The Truth About Drug Companies

The Truth About Drug Companies:
“News: The author calls the pharmaceutical industry a “vast marketing machine” that thrives on monopoly rights and public-sponsored research but produces few innovative drugs. “

From Mother Jones Magazine, an interview with Marcia Angell, author of
The Truth About Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It

The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care

The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care: “Speech October 9, 2002
Sally C. Pipes
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Research Institute
Presented at St. Vincent’s College”
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How many straw men can you count?

I think we need to put a dozen experts from each side in a house for a month. They can have internet access, whatever materials they need. Heck, they can even phone a friend or poll the country, but they need to rebut each other in a factually based manner until they come to some understanding. Pretty good reality show, huh?

I frankly think it will all boil down to Lakoff’s model of conservative/liberal:authoritarian/nurturant world views. If you think the rich deserve to be rich and the poor deserve to be poor, you will never “accept the premise” of single payer healthcare.

Cheers.