Our FDA Wants More Power to Kill Sick PeopleThere are many reasons to oppose greater government influence over our lives. We've pointed out over and over that government doesn't do anything efficiently from delivering mail to running railroads. Government waste has been with us since the dawn of... |
Oct 1, 09 |
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Doctor or Thief? This past spring, I sprained my ankle on a curb. After sweating it out in agony overnight, I finally succumbed to the inevitable and dragged my sorry hide into the urgent care clinic. I emerged with crutches and the reassurance that nothing was partic... |
Sep 22, 09 |
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Cutting Healthcare Costs with the Placebo EffectOne of the reasons Mr. Obama's health care program is in such trouble is that people are terrified of its cost. No less a Democratic luminary than Senator Joe Lieberman, Al Gore's vice-presidential running-mate, has declared that although there are chan... |
Aug 27, 09 |
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Simple Ways to Cut Health Care CostsFixing our health care system wouldn't be nearly as hard if the proposed legislation didn't cost so much. The smallest estimate we've seen for the cost of the law being discussed in the House of Representatives is $1 trillion over 10 years, but everybod... |
Aug 7, 09 |
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The Unintended Consequences of Universal Health Insurance One of the Democrats' rallying cries has been the plight of all the millions of people who do not have health insurance. Candidate Obama promised to change the system so that everyone would have health insurance.
The implication is that people who d... |
Apr 29, 09 |
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Our Perpetual Government-Sponsored Food Fight Anybody who follows nutrition advice in the popular press can be forgiven for thinking that dietary advice is unreliable and uncertain. We've heard that caffeine is bad for the heart, then that it's good for the heart, then that it's bad in certain cas... |
Feb 23, 09 |
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