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· What kind of health care do we get for our tax dollars?, Nadeem Esmail, Daily Gleaner (Canada), 5-13-08
· Candidates and health care reform, Grace-Marie Turner, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5-13-08
· Can one plan rescue health care?, Shaili Jain , Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 5-13-08
· Healthy care: Bennett/Wyden plan deserves hard look, Salt Lake Tribune Editorial, 5-13-08
· How to Win the War Against Cancer, Lance Armstrong, Wall Street Journal, 5-13-08
· Medical Drama, Paul Howard, New York Post, 5-11-08
· McCain health care plan is both radical and right, Michael Tanner, Houston Chronicle, 5-11-08
· Time to turn health care pricing on its head, John Torinus, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 5-10-08
· Saving Medicare, Mark V. Pauly and Joseph R. Antos, Forbes, 5-09-08
· Drafting doctors for ER duty, Walter Olson, PointOfLaw.com, 5-09-08
· Study: Health Care Costs Threaten American Businesses in Global Economy, Congressional Quarterly, 5-09-08
· High health costs due to power of care systems, study says, Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 5-09-08
· Drug exec fights back, Boston Herald Editorial, 5-09-08
· High Costs, Carrie Lukas, National Review Online, 5-08-08
· Socialized health care ineffective policy, Ben Childs, The Santa Clara, 5-08-08
· What the Doctor Ordered, Sally Satel, National Review Online, 5-07-08
· McCain on health care: radical -- and right, Michael Tanner, Pioneer-Press, 5-06-08
· Attack of the Pharmascolds, David A. Shaywitz & Thomas P. Stossel, Weekly Standard, 5-12-08
· His health-care plan also makes most sense, Star Parker, Boston Herald, 5-05-08
· Obama's Health Care Record, Scott Gottleib, Wall Street Journal, 5-05-08
· Health-care plans all start with efficiency, James McCusker, Snohomish County Herald, 5-04-08
· Our Economy's Immune System, Colorado Springs Gazette Editorial, 5-04-08
· McCainCare vs. ObamaCare, David Catron, American Spectator, 5-01-08
· Patient-Centered Health Care Needed To Fix Broken System, Rep. Tim Walberg, Human Events, 5-01-08
· The Right Rx, Senator John McCain, National Review Online, 5-01-08
· How health insurance is harming primary medical care, Dr. Albert Fuchs, New Hampshire Union Leader, 4-30-08
· McCain's Progress, Wall Street Journal Editorial, 4-30-08
· Don't believe the health hype; Enemies of Canadian health reform endlessly fret over the 'Americanization' of our medical system. But the facts from south of the border suggest we have nothing to fear, David Gratzer, National Post, 4-30-08
· John McCain's Plan to Keep Employer-Provided Health Insurance While Moving Away From It, Jacob Sullum, Reason Online, 4-30-08
· A Bush Success (not that he gets credit), James C. Capretta & Peter Wehner, Weekly Standard, 4-28-08
· Federally Mandated Health Care Ahead?, Brian Darling, Human Events, 4-28-08
· More strides in cancer treatment, Washington Times Editorial, 4-25-08
· Don't Kill Health Savings Accounts With Regulation, Richard Ralston, Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal, 4-25-08
· Morning Bell: A Conservative Vision for Health Care, The Foundry, 4-25-08
· Find bipartisan health care cure, Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek, and Rick Shaffer, R-Three Rivers, Detroit Free Press, 4-25-08
· Drugmakers aren't responsible for rising health care costs, Brett J. Skinner, National Post, 4-24-08
· WHO Strait Talk, Wall Street Journal Asia Editorial, 4-24-08
· From FDA, A Good Framework For Distributing Information On Off-Label Uses, Scott Gottlieb, Health Affairs, 4-23-08
· McCain's healthcare plan relies on best aspects of free market, Michael Tanner, Nobesville Daily Times, 4-23-08
· Clinton and Obama agree -- and they're both wrong, Grace-Marie Turner, Buffalo News, 4-23-08
· Flawed health-care study poses own risks, Michael Tanner, Rocky Mountain News, 4-23-08
· Clinton and Obama agree -- and they're both wrong, Grace Marie-Turner, Buffalo News, 4-21-08
· Competition by hospitals could be a good thing, Yakima Herald Editorial, 4-20-08
· 'Free' health care: Beware the horrors of socialized medicine, David Hentosh, Philadelphia Suburban Times, 4-20-08
· Health Savings Sabotage, Wall Street Journal Editorial, 4-19-08
· Conflicts don't sicken health care, Dennis Ausiello and Thomas P. Stossel, Boston Herald, April 17, 2008
· Patently Obvious, Paul Howard and Philip Stevens, The American Online, 4-17-08
· McCain's plan bests Obama's, Michael Tanner, The Hill, 4-16-08
· Health care playpens, Merrill Matthews, Washington Times, 4-16-08
· Medicare not the model for reform, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), M.D., The Hill, 4-15-08
· Sending a Get-Well Card to Ourselves, Brendan Benhard, New York Sun, 4-15-08
· Health Care Disparities: Deregulation First, Redistribution Last, NCPA Daily Policy Digest, 4-14-08
· The Health Insurance Mafia, Jonathan Kellerman, Wall Street Journal, 4-14-08
· Smoking out the FDA, Jacob Sullom, Washington Times, 4-11-08
· A Kremlin answer to hospital CEOs, Boston Herald Editorial, 4-11-08
· Government-run health care in Philadelphia: about as efficient as you'd expect, Dana Pico, OpEdNews.com, 4-10-08
· Thailand's Creaking Health System, Roger Bate, The American, 4-09-08
· Mandating health care coverage is a costly mistake, Denver Post, 4-09-08
· Trial Lawyers Threaten Patients' Health, David A. Ridenour, Investor's Business Daily, 4-09-08
· RomneyCare under strain, Washington Times Editorial, 4-09-08
· A free market, and no government interference, is only way to keep medical costs acceptable, South Africa Business Report Editorial, 4-08-08
· Union is pitching bad public policy, Boston Herald Editorial, 4-08-08
· Universal Health Insurance: Just Don't Get Sick, Alan Caruba, CNS News, 4-08-08
· Talk health care, Senator!, David Gratzer, Arizona Republic, 4-07-08
· Health system will break down, Newark Advocate Editorial, 4-07-08
· Universal Health Insurance: Just Don't Get Sick, American Daily, 4-06-08
· Overwarning, Undercuring, Marie Gryphon, City Journal Online, 4-04-08
· Innovation must be at the heart of public policy, David Cameron, Speech before the National Endowment for Science, 4-3-08
· Free-Market Prescription, David Freddoso, National Review Online, 4-03-08
· Little-Guy Patent Peril, Grace-Marie Turner, New York Post, 4-02-08
· 1994 Redux, James C. Capretta, National Review Online, 4-02-08
· Universal health care will increase debt, Wes Heinkel, Western Courier, 4-02-08
· Save us from medicare by permitting private health care, Lorne Gunter, National Post, 3-31-08
· Inoculated Against Facts, Dr. Paul A. Offit, New York Times, 3-31-08
· The Truth about Universal Health Care, Gabe Murphy, Boise State Arbiter, 3-31-08
· Bad drugs at a pharmacy near you, Henry Miller, Washington Times, 3-31-08
· Both Parties Prescribe Bad Medicine In The Form Of Insurance Mandates, David Gratzer and Paul Howard, Investor's Business Daily, 3-31-08
· America, Insure Thyself, Regina Herzlinger, WashingtonPost.com, 3-29-08
· The ugly face of Canada's medicare, John Turley-Ewart, National Post, 3-28-08
· Government has health-care answers -- but not a solution, Peter J. Nelson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 3-27-08
· Don't pad on new taxes to needed health-care reform, Dan Schmidt, Worthington Daily Globe, 3-27-08
· Our impoverished FDA, Henry Miller, Washington Times, 3-27-08
· Must you buy health insurance?, Christian Science Monitor Editorial, 3-26-08
· A Concise Rundown of Wyden's Health Care Plan, Chip Shields, Blue Oregon, 3-26-08
· Socialism fails, liberty provides, Howard J. Blitz, Yuma Sun, 3-26-08
· Laptop theft: Feds need to tighten security, El Paso Times Editorial, 3-26-08
· Conflicted Doctors, Peter Huber, Forbes, 4-07-08
· The holes in universal health care plan, David Gratzer, Newark Star-Ledger, 3-25-08
· Government's Health-Care Track Record, Michael Tanner, Letter to the Editor, Washington Post, 3-25-08
· Examples of life with universal health care, Don Polson, Red Bluff Daily News, 3-24-08
· The Myth of Socialized Medical Care, Doug Bandow, Conservablog.com, 3-24-08
· Act now to rein in costs, Boston Herald Editorial, 3-24-08
· Tapping The Taxpayers, Patrick McIlheran, New York Sun, 3-21-08
· McCain is wrong on drugs, David Gratzer, Washington Examiner, 3-21-08
· Universal health care's cost the question, New Brunswick Home News Tribune Editorial, 3-20-08
· Health bill insures the young will be fleeced, Paul Mulshine, Newark Star-Ledger, 3-19-08
· The devil's not in the details, but sitting in plain sight, Craig Westover, Minneapolis Pioneer Press, 3-19-08
· Mandating Expensive Health Insurance in Texas, Kalese Hammonds, TexasPolicy.com, 3-18-08
· By what right does Hillary force us all to buy health insurance?, Sheldon Richman, Manchester Union Leader, 3-18-08
· The real need? Healthy competition, Jim Wooten, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3-18-08
· Universal health care lets politicians give medical treatment, Simon Barta, Daily 49er, 3-17-08
· A better solution would be to give consumers more choice, Pete Sepp, Charlotte Observer, 3-17-08
· Health care needs new treatment, David Olson and Charlie Weaver, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 3-16-08
· On the road to health care hell, Steven Miller, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3-16-08
· Leave It to the FDA, Jim Copland, WashingtonPost.com, 3-15-08
· Can the FDA keep pace?, Richard Miller, Washington Times, 3-14-08
· Public health care can benefit from private-sector dollars, Louis Desjardins, Belleville Intelligencer, 3-13-08
· Canada's health care has 'em lining up, Jack Markowitz, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 3-13-08
· A Conservative Approach To Universal Health Care, Maureen Farrell, Forbes, 3-12-08
· Once uninsured, she's happy to be consumer, Patrick McIlheran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3-12-08
· The Cost's the Thing, Michael Tanner, National Review Online, 3-12-08
· Healthy Wisconsin is still the wrong prescription, Jon Rauser, Milwaukee Small Business Times, 3-11-08
· Health care rankings are deceptive, Glen Whitman, The Voice of the Times, 3-11-08
· Why McCain has the best health-care plan, Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3-11-08
· It's time to get real about health care costs, Dr. Erik Steele, Bangor Daily News, 3-11-08
· Competition and free trade key to prosperity, Maria Rankka, The Australian, 3-11-08
· Free-Market Course, Patrick Basham, National Review Online, 3-10-08
· Competition Solves Health Care, Senator Tom Coburn, New York Sun, 3-10-08
· No link to autism, Rocky Mountain News Editorial, 3-10-08
· Fixing the FDA, Washington Post, 3-7-08
· Freedom Means Responsibility, George McGovern, Wall Street Journal, 3-7-08
· Medicare Advantage: The Case for Protecting Patient Choice, Robert E. Moffit, The Heritage Foundation Online, 3-06-08
· The Sickening for Our National Soul, Netizen News Brief, 3-06-08
· The reality of health insurance, Doug Roffmann, Petaluma Argus Courier, 3-06-08
· Vaccines: part of the health care solution, Morris Cohen, Aspen Times, 3-06-08
· When consumers are driving health care, Max Borders, North Carolina News and Observer, 3-06-08
· FDA supreme, for now, Gilbert Ross, Washington Times, 3-05-08
· Strengthening the FDA, Washington Times Editorial, 3-05-08
· Candidates dodge cost to enact their health reform prescriptions, Delaware News Journal Editorial, 3-05-08
· EU has its own health care crisis, Chad Cunningham, Chillicothe Gazette, 3-05-08
· Well-designed hospital facilities help staffs provide safest medical care, David Stewart, The Tennessean, 3-05-08
· The health costs of defensive medicine, Ted Frank, PointOfLaw.com, 3-04-08
· The Mandate Debate, Washington Post Editorial, 3-04-08
· Patents Benefit Latin America, Pierre Verstraete, Latin Business Chronicle, 3-04-08
· Hillary Taxes Breathing, Jon N. Hall, FrontPageMagazine.com, 3-04-08
· Health Care: Costs spiraling out of sight, Florida Times-Union Editorial 3-04-08
· Obama's Health Plan -- a Preview, Scott Gottlieb, Wall Street Journal, 3-04-08
· Congressional Malpractice, Representative John Boehner, National Review Online, 3-04-08
· Universal coverage and government mandates, Gary Andres, Washington Times, 3-04-08
· Universal health care: the wrong prescription, Brian Schwartz, The Mountain Mail, 3-03-08
· Recusal Is Poison Pill for Drug Case, Tony Mauro, Blog of the Legal Times, 3-03-08
· 'Individual mandate' in health-care proposals might as well be called a tax, Jon Hall, Kansas City Star, 3-03-08
· Meddling means high costs for all, Boston Herald Editorial, 3-03-08
· After all, who will pay for the health care fix?, Morgan Liddick, Summit Daily News, 3-03-08
· Avoid price controls on health care, Thomas Sowell, Dallas Morning News, 3-03-08
· Advancing health IT, Washington Times Editorial, 3-03-08
· Second Opinion, National Review Online Editorial, 3-03-08
· Medical Double Jeopardy, Wall Street Journal Editorial, 3-01-08
· Will a Spoonful of Google Help Cure Healthcare?, Ben Worthen, Wall Street Journal Online, 2-28-08
· Richardson's Universal Health Disaster, Paul J. Gessing, National Review Online, 2-28-08
· Through the back door, Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial, 2-28-08
· Free health care perverse notion, Heather Douglas, Calgary Sun, 2-28-08
· Author: Health care industry can learn lesson from Toyota, Q&A with Naida Grunden, Bellingham Herald, 2-28-08
· Rhetoric vs. reality, Gary J. Andres, Washington Times, 2-28-08
· Health insurance from an employer no longer fits the world we live in, State Representative Bryan Cutler, Lancaster New Era, 2-27-08
· FDA Oversight of Drug Safety, John E. Calfee, Testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations, 2-27-08
· Choice, Price Competition and Complexity in Markets for Health Insurance, Jason Shafrin, Healthcare Economist Online, 2-27-08
· Truth About Nationalized Health Care, Maggie Gallagher, RealClearPolitics, 2-27-08
· Cops and Doctors, Scott Gottlieb, Wall Street Journal, 2-27-08
· The Cost-Coverage Trade-off, Ezekiel Emanuel, The Journal of the American Medical Association, 2-27-08
· What is the answer to health-care reform?, State Senator Scott W. Renfroe, The Greeley Tribune, 2-27-08
· Republican Healthcare Alternative, Jillian Bandes, Human Events, 2-27-08
· How much is too much to pay?, Steve Bailey, Boston Globe, 2-27-08
· Give young adults a health care plan they can afford, Senator Linda Evans Parlette, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2-26-08
· Dems' health care plans are doomed, Paul Campbell, Chillicothe Gazette, 2-26-08
· McCain Needs Strong, Limited Government Solutions for Healthcare, Alan Stewart Carl, Donklephant Online, 2-26-08
· Competition answer to U.S. health care costs, Ryan Cooper, Springfield News-Leader, 2-26-08
· What if the doctors went out on strike?, John R. Graham, Washington Examiner, 2-25-08
· What Canada Tells Us About Government Health Care, Doug Wilson, TownHall.com, 2-25-08
· The Rx is free choice, Grace-Marie Turner, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2-25-08
· Tax benefits key to making health care more affordable, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Austin American Statesman, 2-25-08
· Let's take modest dose of American medicine, Dan Roberts, London Telegraph, 2-24-08
· Free-market care?, Q&A with Greg Scandlen, Baltimore Sun, 2-24-08
· Britain's health care amounts to malpractice, Deroy Murdock, Boston Herald, 2-23-08
· Markets and Medicare, John Goodman, Wall Street Journal, 2-23-08
· Web Surfer, Heal Thyself, Steven Levy, Newsweek, 3-03-08
· Optimism About Health Care, Dave Matheson, Forbes, 2-21-08
· A Golden Opportunity on Health Care, The Foundry Online Editorial, 2-22-08
· Medicare and entitlements, Washington Times Editorial, 2-22-08
· Running for the Exits, Regina Herzlinger, National Review Online, 2-22-08
· Dying to save "The System", Stuart Browning, Free Market Cure Online, 2-21-08
· Hospitals' Nightmare, William Baldwin, Forbes, 3-10-08
· A Moral Test for the FDA, Wall Street Journal Editorial, 2-21-08
· Canadians on Health Care: "We Need Market Solutions!", Paul Gessing, State Policy Blog, 2-20-08
· Health Questions for the Candidates, Betsy McCaughey, Wall Street Journal, 2-20-08
· Q&A with Regina Herzlinger: What's ahead with health care, Bill Steigerwald and Regina Herzlinger, The Statesman Journal, 2-19-08
· In search of Canadian health care, Rahaf Harfoush, Toronto Star, 2-19-08