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Proposed Medicare Price-Setting Commission Hits Wall
Posted By Sheldon Richman
“As chairman of one of the more obscure federal agencies, Glenn M. Hackbarth is little known outside the world of health care and his hometown, Bend, Ore. If President Obama has his way, Mr. Hackbarth could become one of the most important people in government, with the power to say how Medicare spends more than $450 billion a year.” (New York Times [1], Friday)
The pretense of knowledge.
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“Why Medicine Is Slowly Dying in America” [2] by Michael J. Hurd
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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health/policy/14medpac.html?ref=todayspaper
[2] “Why Medicine Is Slowly Dying in America”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/why-medicine-is-slowly-dying-in-america/
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