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June 30, 2009 • 7:43 pm 0
mental_floss Blog » The Rand Corporation: The Think Tank That Controls America
By Alex Abella
If you think the Internet came out of Silicon Valley, that NASA planned the first satellite to orbit Earth, or that IBM created the modern computer—think again. Each one of these breakthroughs was conceived at RAND, a shadowy think tank in Santa Monica, California.
via mental_floss Blog » The Rand Corporation: The Think Tank That Controls America.
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• 3:11 pm 0
Fourth of July Hot Dogs: The Latest Economic Indicator? | Nielsen Wire
The effects of the recession may be seen on the BBQ grill this Fourth of July. Sales of hot dogs have been going up in recent months while register rings for more expensive bratwurst and knockwurst have been declining, according to new research from The Nielsen Company. This is a reversal of sales trends the past several years.
via Fourth of July Hot Dogs: The Latest Economic Indicator? | Nielsen Wire.
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• 3:03 pm 0
Canada Sees Boom in Private Health Care Business – FOXNews.com
By Molly Line
Facing long waits and substandard care, a growing number of Canadians are willing to pay for health treatment, leading to a booming private business in Canada — a country often touted as a successful example of a universal health system.
via Canada Sees Boom in Private Health Care Business – Political News – FOXNews.com.
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• 2:13 pm 0
Philip Morris is here to help… | footnoted.org
Remember that famous phrase, “We’re from the government and we’re here to help”? Well, at a time when many governments are struggling to make ends meet Philip Morris (PM) says that they’re here to help.
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• 11:15 am 0
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: George F. Will Admits Public Option Will Cut Costs
George Will’s latest:
The puzzle is: Why does the president, who says that were America “starting from scratch” he would favor a “single-payer” — government-run — system, insist that health care reform include a government insurance plan that competes with private insurers? [...]
via FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: George F. Will Admits Public Option Will Cut Costs.
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• 11:13 am 0
Ezra Klein – Economic and Domestic Policy, and Lots of It
According to early documents and consistent reports, the health reform plan that the Senate Finance Committee is considering won’t have a public option at all. Rather, it’ll have some variant of Kent Conrad’s co-op compromise. The House plan, meanwhile, has a strong public option that can use Medicare’s bargaining power to negotiate low rates and a large provider networks. And Ted Kennedy’s HELP Committee, we learned today, will endorse the “level-playing field” public option, wherein the government’s insurer has no advantages over the private market.
via Ezra Klein – Economic and Domestic Policy, and Lots of It.
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• 11:12 am 0
A Sea Change in Public Opinion on Health Care Reform? – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com
By Catherine Rampell
A recent New York Times/CBS News poll found that many Americans believe the country’s health care system is due for major changes. Sixty-one percent of respondents believe the rising cost of health care is a serious threat to the nation’s economy. Eighty-five percent say the country’s health system needs fundamental changes, or should be completely rebuilt. Seventy-three percent think the fact that many Americans do not have health insurance is a “very serious” problem.
via A Sea Change in Public Opinion on Health Care Reform? – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com.
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• 11:07 am 0
The Fix – The Most Important Number in Politics Today
That’s the number of words in Todd Purdum’s opus on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the August issue of Vanity Fair.
The piece is a massive examination of the enigma that is Palin, her political future and the 2012 presidential race. Writes Purdum succinctly: “Palin is at once the sexiest and the riskiest brand in the Republican Party.”
• 11:05 am 0
JANE ANN MORRISON: Rory Reid gets serious early in 2010 race for governor – News – ReviewJournal.com
One sign Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid is in it to win it: He’s had a campaign manager on the payroll since early May, which is pretty early for a gubernatorial election in November 2010.
“That’s telling you you have too much money in your campaign account,” one Republican laughed.
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• 11:01 am 0
What Should Dental Health Care Look Like in a Reformed Health System? – Roll Call
By Kim Volk
As government leaders set out to overhaul the nation’s health care system, one hopes that Hippocrates’ words, “First, do no harm,” will guide their decisions.
via What Should Dental Health Care Look Like in a Reformed Health System? – Roll Call.
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• 10:55 am 0
Malcolm Gladwell vs. Chris Anderson: Damn Technology Utopians
By Paul Kedrosky
It’s always fun when one popular idea popularizer goes after another popular idea popularizer. This time we have Malcolm “Tipping Point” Gladwell writing critically about Chris “Free” Anderson in the current New Yorker. Read the whole thing, but let’s just summarize to say that Malcolm doesn’t really think that Chris is on to anything, in particular assuming him of “technological utopianism”. Oooooh.
via Malcolm Gladwell vs. Chris Anderson: Damn Technology Utopians.
• 10:52 am 0
Swine Flu Spread Mirrors Air Travel : NPR
By Richard Knox
NPR.org
The jet plane is the swine flu virus’s best friend. A Canadian team shows why in a graphic published online this week by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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• 10:48 am 0
PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICES DO NOT SAVE MONEY
Preventive medical care usually adds to overall health care costs, but this does not mean that it is bad. Diagnostic tests showing that no disease is present benefit patients by relieving anxiety and reassuring them of their health. Most of the time, preventive care is like a consumer good that creates benefits in return for a cost. It is not like an investment good that promises a positive economic rate of return, says John C. Goodman, President, CEO and the Kellye Wright Fellow of the National Center for Policy Analysis
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• 10:47 am 0
JUDGING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
There’s not much that’s encouraging about the U.S. medical malpractice system, says Richard A. Epstein, a professor of law at the University of Chicago, a senior fellow with the Hoover Institution, and a visiting professor at New York University Law School.
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