X-RAY MACHINE MANIA
When Medicare was first established in 1965, the payment terms established by Congress were overly generous to the medical industry,...
THE ORIGINS OF COMBATIVE COMMENTARY
The origin of televised combative political commentary dates back to the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries of 1968. The...
THE OUTER LIMITS OF POLITICAL POSSIBILITY
At the beginning of the 1970s, Canada and the U.S. were both spending 7.5% of GDP on health care costs. By the end of the 1970s, Canada...
BIG GOVERNMENT BY ANY OTHER NAME
The term "Public-Private Partnership" (or its catchy acronym "P3") is very much in vogue in political circles. While the term may be...
HEALTHCARE: 40 YEARS AND COUNTING.
Nixon 1969: "We face a massive crisis in [medical care]". Business Week 1970: "[Healthcare is] the $60 Billion Crisis". Fortune 1970 :...
THE REAL DEAL
In an earlier post I talked about the myth surrounding what we commonly call "public-private partnerships". In this post, however, I...