Health Policy Digest - October 14, 2008

October 14, 2008

OBAMA AND HEALTH-CARE EQUITY

Why doesn't Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) support Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) health plan?...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

MCCAIN IS THE REAL HEALTH-CARE REFORMER

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) does not want to scrap employer-based insurance all together; he would keep part of the tax deduction in place...

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE/WALL STREET JOURNAL

WAITING YOUR TURN: HOSPITAL WAITING LISTS IN CANADA

Surgical wait times are down but Canadians still wait more than 17 weeks for treatment, according to study...

FRASER INSTITUE

MEDICAL LICENSING: AN OBSTACLE TO AFFORDABLE CARE

State licensing laws unnecessarily restrict the supply of medical care, because they require physicians to perform tasks that could be performed ably and less expensively by less-skilled professionals, say economists...

CATO INSTITUE

DEFINING DEATH

As demand for organs increase, doctors are under pressure to shift the line that divides life from death, say observers...

THE ECONOMIST