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The Dope on Drugs: They Don't Come Free
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 9.29.2004
To hear the presidential candidates tell it, you would think expensive medicine was the biggest problem facing America today. At nearly every campaign rally, President Bush touts his new Medicare bill with its drug-discount program for seniors. John Kerry, meanwhile, says he is "choosing seniors over pharmaceutical profits."
A Physician In the Land of the Politicos
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes, Benjamin Zycher on 9.28.2004
Let us now behold the rising sun of Marcia Angell’s new book attacking the pharmaceutical producers, as its rays cast darkness and confusion upon every issue relevant to the problems of drug innovation and prices. Analogous to a Kitty Kelly of pharmaceutical policy, Angell lives on a planet upon which no assertion is too silly, no argument is too preposterous, no policy nostrum is too destructive to have been excluded from her writings. To wit:
New Book Offers Fresh Solutions to Fix
Submitted on 9.28.2004
On a recent Thursday, President Clinton was diagnosed with blocked arteries, and on the following Monday, he had successful quadruple bypass surgery. This is the kind of efficient and advanced health care that Americans would not enjoy if Canada’s single payer model were adopted, according to health-care expert Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, who today releases her latest book, Miracle Cure: How to Solve America’s Health-Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn’t the Answer. Pipes is a Canadian who has lived in the U.S. for more than a decade.
What time is it at the FDA?
Submitted by Peter Pitts on 9.28.2004
Whichever party wins in November, one truth will prevail at FDA – regulators love ambiguity but can learn to embrace predictability. A second truth is that FDA decisions are and will continue to be based solely on sound science and its impact on the public health. So, whether red or blue is ascendant, FDA will rule on silicone breast implants and OTC “Plan B” based on the facts.
Where This Angell Should Have Feared to Tread
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes, Benjamin Zycher on 9.28.2004
No one would pay much attention to the views of an economist with respect, say, to the causes of heart disease. Why then are prominent physicians accorded prime-time attention when they pontificate on the economics of pharmaceutical development?
Health Care, Canadian Style
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 9.20.2004
Reforming America’s health care system has become a defining domestic issue in the presidential race. Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry wants the federal government — that is, the taxpayer — to become the country’s catastrophic insurer. Other Democrats openly assail any private involvement in health care.
Sensible drug policy
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 9.20.2004
The California Legislature, always eagle-eyed in pursuit of free lunches, has sent four bills to the governor's desk that would pave the way for the importation of "cheap" pharmaceuticals from Canada. Governor Schwarzenegger is already indicating that he intends to forge a different path for reform.
Healthcare Debate on "Democracy Now" radio program
Submitted on 9.19.2004
Doctoring The Truth About The Uninsured
Submitted on 9.14.2004
Health Care: Just because 45 million people are uninsured doesn't mean they're going without health care. And the truth is, many of the uninsured choose to be.
Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health-Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn't the Answer
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 9.1.2004
Book Reviews of Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health-Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn't the Answer
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