How Good Is Our Health Care System?

Bashing the American health care system has become a cottage industry. On the big screen, we've seen John Q and Sicko. At the bookstore, highly touted best-sellers lambasting the system seem to hit the shelves every month. On the opinion pages and on the cable news networks, pundits declare that the American system is in crisis and an embarrassment.

The Single-Payer Remedy Is Worse Than the Disease

No one denies that America's health sector faces problems. Costs continue to rise, and 45 million people lack insurance. Even worse, many politicians think they've discovered the cure in a single-payer system.

Universal-Coverage Systems Aren't as Good as Moore Says

San Jose Mercury News
July 17, 2007

America's health care woes all could be solved with a government-run universal-coverage system. Or so says Michael Moore in his new film, "Sicko," which claims that even Cuba's health care system is superior to ours.

Drug Safety or Drug Danger?

June 30, 2007

Two pieces of legislation dealing with prescription drugs are currently winding their way through Congress. The bills, however, are completely contradictory. One would create new controls for drug safety. The other would open the nation’s supply chain to imported pharmaceuticals, many of which could be fake, counterfeit, or contaminated.

Socialized Medicine Elsewhere Shows Why It Is a Failure

Chicago Sun-Times
March 3, 2007

Britain’s system of socialized medicine is enough to make your teeth hurt – literally. Its citizens rely upon the government-run National Health Service that is designed to provide free access to every medical service, including dental care.  But like all socialized medicine schemes, it has produced long lines, a shortage of medical professionals, and shoddy care.

The Dangers of Undermining Patient Choice: Lessons from Europe and Canada

What would a government-run health system look like if it were adopted in the United States? Leading experts who live under government-dominated systems in Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Sweden and Canada share their "on-the-ground" perspective in this report.

European-Style Health Care? Time for a Reality Check.

This article will appear in The Press-Enterprise (CA) on Sunday, December 17, 2006 Is there any good reason why we should follow the Europeans and have government officials run our health care system? California lawmakers seem to think so, and they...

Europe's Ailing Drug Industry

What happened to Europe's vibrant drug industry? Just a decade ago, more than two-thirds of all drug research was conducted in Europe. Now, 60% is conducted in the United States. Major European drug makers such as Aventis, Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline...