This is truly THE global question today. But just as the Nobel peace prize committee has established itself as a questionable zeitgeist, I fear many health reform commentators are doing little more than talk. This beckons a general comment about two important recent developments, and a personal statement about the future of this blog. There [...]
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It’s great to hear a voice of reason amidst all this mudslinging, particularly in the USA where the possibility of any major reform is dimming by the day. And it comes in the form of an MD who reminds us that ultimately it is individuals that are responsible for their care and that much illness [...]
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Our Parliamentary library has a good analysis of Medicare Select for those of you wondering what Option C means in the NHHRC report. I would like to see this option compared with a ‘healthcare credit card’ system. From the analysis and debates I’ve heard on Medicare select it seems a real sticking point is the [...]
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