One of the worst features of the American health care system is the sorry state of medical malpractice law. Fewer than 2 percent of injured patients ever file a lawsuit. Of those that do, only one in 15 receives compensation.
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In this era of sequestration, why is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) awarding millions in grants to an organization under Congressional investigation?
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The battle over health care reform is not over. Yes, the 2012
election ensured that the law would not be repealed and replaced in 2013.
But when the American people are unhappy with a policy, they find a way to
alter it.
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The surgeon general of the United States needn't be a surgeon. And he may be
a general -- or admiral -- only in name. The rank is essentially a civil
office -- despite the dress whites and gold braid.
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When George W. Bush was stumping as a "compassionate conservative" in the closing days of the 2000 presidential campaign, he went to Florida and repeated a campaign promise to double the funding for the National Institutes of Health.
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Thanks to government programs and backdoor intervention through the tax code, the United States healthcare system is nowhere close to a free market.
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Brace yourselves for higher medical insurance costs
that will hit young and old alike as a result of President Obama's
nationalized health-care mandates.
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