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July 27, 2010
Britain’s new coalition government is proposing a major transformation
of its socialized health-care system to give doctors much more authority
over decisions involving their patients’ care. This most entrenched of government-run health systems is recognizing
the importance of the doctor-patient relationship just as the United
States is taking a sharp left turn toward more centralized government
control over health care. Is the world turning upside down?
June 28, 2010
The Commonwealth Fund has produced yet another headline-grabbing survey, this one putting the United States dead last in its ranking of seven countries’ health systems. Besides the U.S. and Canada, other countries surveyed were Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
March 3, 2010
Newsweek’s Howard Fineman writes, in his latest column, about the hospital care he received for a severe bout of food poisoning during his recent trip to Argentina. His conclusion, after covering health reform in the United States for a year, is that the health-reform debate here needs to be about cost. Yes, cost. And quality. And access.
May 24, 2009
During his recent trip to Europe, President Obama told a French audience that America would never have European-style health care. "We are going to work hard to make sure that we have a health care system that won't be identical to what you have in Europe," he said. This is encouraging news.
May 6, 2009
Brian Lee Crowley testified before Pennsylvania legislators, on behalf of AIMS and the Galen Institute, to describe the minefield ahead in further politicizing health care. Crowley uses a mix of in-depth research and personal experience to show the faults within Canadian health care and the lessons Americans can draw from its experience. As politicians are drawn into ever more responsibility for health care decisions and outcomes, he says, it creates a dynamic in which the politicians must demand ever more control over the system.
March 30, 2009
Questions are rightly being raised about whether actress Natasha Richardson could have been saved if her skiing accident had occurred in the U.S. rather than in Canada. No one will ever know if the tragedy could have been averted, but it is worth looking at the timing and medical resources available to her.
March 13, 2009
Galen Institute and International Policy Network event featuring speakers from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Canada and Switzerland.
Click here for conference materials.
November 23, 2008
Last month, Great Britain's health care watchdog ruled that four new kidney cancer drugs shouldn't be covered by the National Health Service. The agency decided these drugs aren’t worth the cost, even though they are widely prescribed by cancer experts worldwide and may offer the last hope for many British cancer patients.
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