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Category: Health Reform

Monday Links

Posted on May 2, 2022July 25, 2022 by John C. Goodman

With the prevalence of home testing and milder effects, how can we know where Covid is and what it is doing?  Answer: test the wastewater.

Out-of-pocket spending on medical care in Britain and America is now roughly the same. One in 14 of Britain’s poorest households now incurs “catastrophic healthcare costs.”

Libertarian views on student debt.

Are hospitals going to the dogs?

Parks, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever with a golden coat and floppy ears — boasts an impressive catalogue of more than 40 commands….  including pushing objects, turning light switches on and off with his snout, pulling ropes to hold drawers and doors open, retrieving items, and assisting with laundry by tugging the hamper to the washing machine.

Another libertarian view on student debt.

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Get Your Medical Care at the Mall while Shopping

Posted on April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Many malls are struggling financially because Amazon and other online retailers have taken away business from brick & mortar stores. The pace accelerated with Covid as non-essential retail locations faced a lockdown. However, some struggling malls are finding a new life as medical facilities.

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Doctors as Slave Labor

Posted on April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 by John C. Goodman

For many years Cuba has been sending doctors to practice medicine in other countries. Yet far from being a humanitarian exercise, Cuba has actually been engaging in human trafficking for profit.

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Is Your Doctor and Health Plan Woke Enough?

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Health disparities have bewildered public health advocates for decades. It has long been known that health status and health outcomes often vary by education, ethnicity, race, gender and numerous other factors. Sidenote: when you control for education, the other variables lose much of their significance.

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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

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