In the debate about “Medicare for all,” what is known about the consequences – intended and unintended – of instituting publicly funded health care? For approximately 750,000 Americans currently with advanced kidney failure, Medicare funding has been in place for nearly fifty years. In 1972 – seven years after passage of the original legislation – …
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Mad as Hell
The following is a reprise of my column from the Providence (RI) Journal in September 2009. As we contemplate the potential impact of Texas District Court Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling to strike to the Affordable Care Act, let’s consider life before the ACA (when this piece was written.). There is much more here to review. …