Monthly Archives: February 2011

Latest health advice: Eat less

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

When does public health trump personal freedom? At what point are we as a nation paying too much for too many bad personal choices? Continue reading →

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For Health Reform to Work, the Mandate is Mandatory

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

The simple fact is that health insurance works best by spreading the cost of health care among a broad cross–section of the community—from the most healthy to the most ill—that is, when everybody pays for health insurance but not everybody uses it. Continue reading →

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Will Single Payer Improve Health Care

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Will a single-payer system improve health care? I don’t know. And I don’t think having a single-payer system in and of itself should be the goal; it should be the means to the goal of better health care. Continue reading →

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