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Report Card for California's Government Health-Care Miracles
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 11.28.2007
SACRAMENTO – Last week, medical researchers announced that they had reprogrammed mature human cells to behave like embryonic stem cells. The rejuvenated cells, according to press reports, were able to grow into main tissue types and could thus be used to treat various diseases. That is good news, but the location of the discovery, Japan and Wisconsin, is also of interest.
The Globalization of Health Care, Round Two
Submitted by Diana M. Ernst on 11.13.2007
Medicine is perhaps the least expected of American industries to face global competition, but as businesses become globalized, national boundaries weaken against competitive forces and economic necessity. Today, doctors can work remotely from patients, and patients can choose remote health care. Medical tourism is growing, and that makes it more important for American public policy to streamline health care and allow domestic providers to compete internationally.
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