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Category: Economic Issues
Should access to life-saving medicines be determined by economic evaluations? | TheHill
“My opportunity finally came. In April 2018, I was one of a few hundred cystic fibrosis patients to dose in a pivotal phase III clinical trial to evaluate a new drug designed to correct CFTR, the dysfunctional protein responsible for …
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What Advances & Virtues Do We Really Owe to the Enlightenment? Is being “Woke” the Dark Side of Enlightenment Thinking?
Why Value-based Payment Methods Won’t Fix Healthcare
I’ve read several posts today on so called “Value-based payment” strategies and I couldn’t resist adding my 2-cents. VBP can’t fix these fundamental problems because it is still based on a price-opaque shell game I like to call Fee-for-Coding, which …
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Justices grapple with multibillion-dollar ObamaCare case | TheHill
Several of the arguments in this case have credence on their face for different reasons. There is the idea of an agreement or contract: “I do this, if you do that.” One should not break a contract carelessly. Or, the …
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Wax: Making a Killing in American Health Care, a Step-by-Step Guide
Master this how-to guide and you’ll be on your way. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/03/craig-m-wax-do-making-a-killing-in-american-healthcare-a-step-by-step-guide/
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Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property – Foundation for Economic Education
Governor Bradford recorded in his diary that everybody was happy to claim their equal share of production, but production only shrank. Slackers showed up late for work in the fields, and the hard workers resented it. It’s called “human nature.” …
Institute for Justice: “North Carolina Surgeon Wins First Round in Fight to Eliminate State-enforced Medical Monopoly”
“The court correctly rejected the government’s argument that Dr. Singh needed to apply for a CON before bringing this case,” said IJ Attorney Renée Flaherty, who argued the motion. “No one should have to go through an unconstitutional …
