Posted on July 26, 2018
The war on cancer in the U.S. since 1972 has yielded some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the death rate from cancer has declined modestly. The bad news is that the overall incidence of cancer appears to be significantly higher than it was in 1972.
Updated on November 2, 2017
In the United States, prescription drugs are expensive – so expensive in fact that many people needing one or more drugs such as insulin are going without the medicine needed to keep them alive or, at the least, from chronic pain and suffering. This is happening in an amazingly advanced country with the largest economic system in the world. It is not happening in other similarly advanced nations.
Updated on March 9, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan will no doubt set about to achieve his goal of transforming Medicare into a fully privatized system.
Updated on March 9, 2017
With a few caveats, I support “death with dignity” through assisted suicide. The proponents this concept are advocating for the right of interminably suffering persons to end their lives with medical assistance.
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Although the price of prescription drugs puts them out of reach of millions of Americans, the per capita expenditure on prescriptions is, ironically, higher than practically all other developed countries.
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The war on cancer in the U.S. since 1972 has yielded some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the death rate from cancer has declined modestly. The bad news is that the overall incidence of cancer appears to be significantly higher than it was in 1972.
In the United States, prescription drugs are expensive – so expensive in fact that many people needing one or more drugs such as insulin are going without the medicine needed to keep them alive or, at the least, from chronic pain and suffering. This is happening in an amazingly advanced country with the largest economic system in the world. It is not happening in other similarly advanced nations.
House Speaker Paul Ryan will no doubt set about to achieve his goal of transforming Medicare into a fully privatized system.
With a few caveats, I support “death with dignity” through assisted suicide. The proponents this concept are advocating for the right of interminably suffering persons to end their lives with medical assistance.
