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A Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform
by Rebecca Walberg on June 22, 2009 | Healthcare
The Canadian federal election campaign has so far avoided any serious discussion of healthcare. Even if voters prefer to focus on the economy, the environment, and the personalities of the more colourful candidates and leaders, the next government will determine whether Canada’s healthcare adapts to the realities of 21st century, or grows ever more bloated and unresponsive.
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by Mark Milke on June 22, 2009 | Healthcare, Book Review
If the first step toward a cured addiction is to admit the problem, Dr. David Gratzer has given himself no small task: to convince politicians that their reliance on government interference in health care hurts more Americans than it helps.
Read more » | 0 commentsAttention Americans: Government and Medicare in Canada--A Cautionary Tale
by Nadeem Esmail on September 21, 2009 | Healthcare, United States
Americans considering the consequences of the various health care reform proposals being proffered by President Obama and Congress would be wise to consider the Canadian experience. Canadians are ill-served by their inaccessible but expensive government-run Medicare program, whose structure is defined by the federal government.
Read more » | 1 commentsHow the Baby Boomers Blew it on Healthcare
by Mark Milke on October 29, 2009 | Healthcare
Medical savings accounts won’t solve all of Medicare’s ills but they make sense in contrast to global health care budgets which are understandably directed to respond to immediate needs as opposed to future needs. But that’s why such accounts are needed. Their non-introduction has been the biggest missed opportunity of the past half-century.
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Treason From 16TH-Century England TO 9/11
“In advanced countries, treason is an antiquarian offence,” writes Lord Black in his survey of treason from the 16th century to the attacks in New York and Washington in September 2001. “Toleration of conscientious objection and a media tendency to mistrust militarism and nationalism and to seek the ‘sources’ of even foreign discontent have made treason an unfashionable allegation, as it implies national moral superiority. “
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