August 2009 - Posts

Health Care and the Common Good
August 31, 2009 12:58 PM by Carol Kleinman

So, the basic debate in the U.S. over healthcare is not really about costs or the freedom to choose one's own doctor. The facts are clear: The World Health Organization rates the U.S. 37 th (!) in healthcare while we spend a much higher percentage of Read More...

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What about quality of life?
August 14, 2009 10:52 AM by Carol Kleinman

We now save people who would have died 30 years ago. People with severe trauma, stroke, heart attack, brain damage, and so on. We save preemies who would never have survived even 20 years ago. We see people living with severe chronic illness, people in Read More...

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Health Care Supply & Demand
August 5, 2009 9:45 AM by Carol Kleinman

While most goods and services adhere to the basic economic principle of supply and demand, in many ways healthcare does not. The principle of supply and demand describes a balance that develops between the supply of an item or service and the demand for Read More...

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