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Commentaries< Prev 3 4 5 6 7November 1, 2000
Europe's Examples Shows Bureaucrats Delay New Miracle Medicines For MonthsALEXANDRIA, VA - Vice President Al Gore promises a Medicare prescription drug benefit that would be "affordable, accessible, meaningful, and competitively administered." It is an easy promise to make but much harder to keep. As experience with Medicare ... November 1, 2000
A Helping HandThe following editorial is a step in the direction of privatization recommended by the Galen Institute in a letter to The Times last summer. The Times of London, EditorialNovember, 1, 2000 The NHS concordat shows a welcome lack of dogma Yesterday was ... September 28, 2000
In Europe, Access to New Medications Takes TimeTwo Studies Examine Delays in Patient Access To New Medications in EU Countries September 28, 2000 New medications are a critical component of health care. Yet patients in many European Union countries face significant delays -- sometimes in excess o... August 1, 2000
Health Care ? la Karl MarxThe latest general report from the World Health Organization is built on the faulty foundation that health care is a special economic activity requiring intense governmental involvement. Despite what you may have thought following the fall of the former... August 1, 2000
Clinton Executive Order Blasts Industry Plans to Provide Aids Drugs in AfricaFor months, five major pharmaceutical companies have been working with the United Nations on a carefully crafted agreement to dramatically reduce the cost of AIDS drugs for patients in heavily stricken Sub-Saharan Africa. Last week the UN announced the ag... July 30, 2000
U.S. Perspective on NHS InitiativesLetter to the EditorThe Times of LondonJuly 30, 2000 I am a US health policy specialist, and have just returned from a week in the UK where I followed with great interest the government's efforts to shore up the failing National Health Service. Mr. Bla... May 1, 2000
Foreign Countries Limit Access To Prescription DrugsGovernment-Set Formularies Deny Patients Proven MedicinesIn every OECD nation where the government provides prescription drug benefits, access to life-saving and life enhancing drugs is restricted. Whenever government programs "guarantee" prescription dru... February 1, 2000
Debunking American Health Care MythsIt often surprises Europeans to learn that the United States has a very significant public health sector. Public spending on health programs represented about 46 per cent of the total $1.1 trillion spent on health care last year in the United States, whil... < Prev 3 4 5 6 7 |
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