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Health System Said to Deliver Too Much Care

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“A dirty word in health-care reform is ‘rationing,’ a term that conjures up the image of faceless government bureaucrats denying lifesaving therapies in the name of cutting costs. But what if the real issue is not the specter of future rationing, but the haphazard, even illogical, way in which care is delivered today?” (Washington Post [1], Tuesday)

Where’s it written that the only alternative to nationalized insurance is the interventionist status quo?

FEE Timely Classic
“The Economics of Medical Care” [2] by George Yossif


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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092803837.html

[2] “The Economics of Medical Care”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-economics-of-medical-care/

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