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The Texas abortion law
Surfacing after the usual intense week at work to catch up on news from outside my professional area of concern. And good heavens, the new Texas law on abortion, which the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to annul, is a truly horrible development ( Read more... ) -
Linkspam for 16-9-2009
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction
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America's Groucho Marxists
Chris Patten: We know that despite its great wealth - and its groundbreaking medical research - America's health-care system is awful. It is hugely expensive. Its costs overwhelm workplace health-insurance schemes. The poor go ( Read more... )
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Linkspam for 3-9-2009
The Health Care Industry vs. Health Reform | Center for Media and Democracy
A former PR man for the health insurance industry speaks out
(tags: ushealth)
The Five Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate
(tags: ushealth)
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Linkspam for 26-8-2009
"5 Myths About Health Care Around the World" By T.R. Reid
As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system, we've overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the rest of the world. All the other industrialized democracies have faced problems like ours, yet they've found ways to cover everybody -- and ( Read more... )
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Linkspam for 24-8-2009
Charlie's Diary: Merciless
Stross on al-Megrahi and US healthcare
(tags: ushealth world)
Editorial - The Uninsured - NYTimes.com
"Any nation as rich as ours ought to guarantee health coverage for all of its residents."
(tags: ushealth)
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Linkspam for 20-8-2009
Brussels Comment: A Private EU Battle
(tags: eu software copyright)
Johann Hari: Republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent
The US is the only major industrialised country that does not provide regular healthcare to all its citizens. Instead ( Read more... )
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Linkspam for 19-8-2009
Op-Ed Columnist - The Swiss Menace - NYTimes.com
Nobel Prize winner on US health
(tags: ushealth)