http://www.american.com Everything from the morality of eating cookies to the solvency of Medicare. daily 1 2007-03-29T16:41:19Z http://www.american.com/archive/2009/november/hitting-the-sick-in-the-wallet Taxes and other provisions in the current healthcare reform legislation will inflict the sick and the elderly with higher prices. No publisher Alex M. Brill health-and-medicine 2009-11-05T23:17:16Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/the-healthcare-co-op-believe-it-its-not-butter If healthcare overhaul legislation including a public plan fails to pass, Democrats could fall back on a homespun idea from the heartland: healthcare cooperatives. No publisher Wistar Wilson health-and-medicine 2009-10-29T23:00:34Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/the-aarp-paradox What explains AARP’s support for Medicare cuts as a means to expand health insurance coverage to the non-elderly, a position that purportedly contributed to thousands of AARP membership cancellations? No publisher Scott Harrington health-and-medicine 2009-10-01T21:23:15Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/blood-money How a market for blood donations can help save lives. No publisher Charles C. Johnson health-and-medicine 2009-10-01T20:30:58Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/september/an-empty-nod-to-tort-reform In an apparent attempt to sway at least one undecided Republican senator to sign on to its healthcare reform program, the Obama administration announced the initiation of a ‘pilot program’ on tort reform. No publisher Dr. Gilbert Ross health-and-medicine 2009-09-24T19:15:42Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/september/will-small-businesses-stop-offering-health-insurance-if-reform-passes For the average business, paying a penalty will cost them less than providing insurance. No publisher Scott Shane health-and-medicine 2009-09-17T22:41:11Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/september/baumol2019s-solution-to-the-baumol-effect Increasing productivity in healthcare is difficult but not impossible. Here’s how. No publisher Tim Worstall health-and-medicine 2009-09-10T00:50:21Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/september/bernarticle.2009-09-01.0954500383 The donor community and governments are jeopardizing lives through their push for local production. No publisher Roger Bate 2009-09-02T13:58:35Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/eliminating-the-public-option-is-not-enough Even if the public option is excised, the healthcare bill still would impose a heavy blanket of federal regulation on every aspect of healthcare. No publisher John S. Hoff 2009-09-01T14:05:58Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/here2019s-why-the-public-plan-won2019t-work Trading 50 sets of state regulations for federal regulations that are even more restrictive would eliminate private competitors. Instead of letting a thousand flowers bloom, the president wants to uproot the garden. No publisher Joseph R. Antos and Jeet Guram 2009-08-26T22:12:57Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/maybe-we-should-spend-more-on-healthcare The argument that we spend too much on healthcare makes little sense, and the current ‘spend too much’ panic will prompt us to cut costs at the expense of the future. No publisher James V. DeLong 2009-08-26T00:46:39Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/the-parched-wilderness-of-socialized-medicine-1 Faith communities should recognize the Religious Left’s ‘40 Days’ campaign for what it is: a politically driven effort to expand a bloated state and make Americans evermore dependent on politicians and bureaucrats for healthcare. No publisher Rev. Robert A. Sirico 2009-08-22T05:42:10Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/web-of-drugs Purchasing drugs over the Internet has significant benefits, but it can also be dangerous. A research team sets out to assess five popular drugs ordered from 26 websites. No publisher Roger Bate 2009-08-18T19:48:29Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/the-medical-bankruptcy-myth There is no evidence to indicate that a government-run healthcare system in the United States will reduce personal bankruptcies. No publisher Brett J. Skinner 2009-08-19T13:08:17Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/town-hells Deep concern about the government’s healthcare activity is nothing new, and politicians who believe that the opposition to the Democrats’ plan is a put-up job are deceiving themselves and imperiling their own careers. No publisher James K. Glassman 2009-08-11T01:50:42Z BernArticle