Last month, Levy Itzhak Rosenbaum, a 60-year-old Israeli who made his home in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally brokering kidney sales. Between 2006 and 2009, he arranged transplants for three New Jersey patients with renal failure. The donors, poor Israelis, were flown to the U.S. The surgeries took place at American hospitals […]
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On the very day that Steve Jobs died a new report suggests that the U.S. health care system is spending too much money on people near the end of their lives. The timing of the two events could not have been more ironic. Had Jobs been under the care of the British National Health Service […]
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I used to enjoy Sunday morning TV interview shows. Important government and political leaders would take partisan stands, but sometimes struggle to avoid the implications of intelligent and pointed questions. But those days are gone. Now, everyone who appears on TV interview shows seems to have taken the standard course in media training. Novices are […]
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**NCPA Health Policy Blog from November 1, 2010.** Suppose the Republicans win back the House of Representatives in tomorrow’s election. What will they do about health care? One idea, in the House Republican “Pledge to America,” calls for opening up the health insurance marketplace by allowing people to purchase insurance across state lines. Families USA […]
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There are a few mistaken beliefs that persist for decades if not generations. Some are trivial, others consequential. Here is my modest effort to put some to rest. “The exception proves the rule.” This is simply silly and of no great moment, merely annoying. I can’t imagine a logical system in which an exception proves […]
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