Tag: health insurance
Why We Will Never Control Medical Costs
The purposes of medicine are expanding rapidly beyond treating actual illnesses/injuries and promoting wellness.
Reproductive MD Association Blesses Useless Interventions
Public confidence in institutions is eroding, including trust in our healthcare system. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine adds gravity to that slide.
A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly?
University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.”
The Downsides of “Right to Try”
A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA.
Let’s Expand the Scope of Conscience Protection
The ground is being prepared to strip doctors, nurses, and pharmacists of the ability to practice under the principles of Hippocratic ideals.