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The Long View 2007-01-02: Overdiagnosis; Literature Maps; Starship Jesus Conversion from Islam; Spengler's Deal; Shabby Hanging

I do agree with John here that our diagnostic tools often don’t improve health, and that the definitions of “disease” are often too broad, but I disagree about why healthcare doesn’t do much as you might think to improve our health. I definitely don’t blame administrative costs,

Senator Warren's Office of Drug Manufacturing

My latest article published by Ordinary Times is now live, Senator Warren’s Office of Drug Manufacturing. I analyze and comment on the Senator’s proposal for the federal government to manufacture generic drugs. Read and comment on it at Ordinary Times.

What works in healthcare?

Short answer: almost nothing. I’m being flip about a very serious subject, but at the same time I am in fact serious. Modern medicine probably works a lot less well than you probably think it does. How could I say such a thing when you look at graphs like

The Long View 2002-10-02: Wellstone's Wake

It really is the conventional wisdom even now that lower turnout helps Republicans, but who now remembers that 2002 saw increased turnout in the midterms and a huge Republican victory? This was an occasion where John praised President George W. Bush for at least having some ideas of how to

The Reversal of the Great Risk Shift

John Reilly has an excellent post up about the recent federal health care bill. The enactment of the new federal health-insurance system this week marks the beginning of the reversal of the Great Risk Shift that has characterized American society since the late 1970s. There is now reason to hope