Bioethics – Global, National, Local
Health Care Policy, Reproductive Medicine, Genetics and Genomics
From the category archives:
The New York Times reported on 2-19-10 that virtually every state is making or planning significant cuts in Medicaid benefits.1 These actions are taking place while demand for Medicaid grows. This entitlement, originally conceived as a support for those in lower socioeconomic classes and disabled persons, now is a necessary lifeline for those formerly in [...]
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Revising the doctorpatient relationship is a very important conversation. It is worthwhile and instructive to first look at how the media — broadcast, print, and web sources — participate in and affect this relationship. Stating the obvious, there are good media and bad media. Mostly bad. The power and necessity of the 24-hour news churn [...]
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The free market has not fared well in recent years. Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” has had its thumb on the scales for a very long time. In the last 75 years U.S. markets have been free only in the sense that businesses are free to seek as much government protection as they believe necessary.
Agricultural markets [...]
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Former President George W. Bush blithely asserted to a national (virtually global) audience that the U.S. already has universal health care — “all they have to do is go to the emergency room”. Bush unwittingly demonstrated his unconscionable ignorance of health care imperatives and basic economic principles.
The cost of emergency department (ED) services is several [...]
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When “Insurance” Is No Insurance At All
Although the ranters rant that those without health care insurance should “get a job”, investigating the facts tells a different story. But in early 21st century America, facts are easily swept aside as mere inconvenience.
Who needs facts when we have opinions? Blather, posturing, speciousness, and irresponsible inanities are the [...]
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