Showing posts with label public health policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public health policy. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Regulatory Capture and the Public Interest: The FDA

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The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary, “resigned” in May, 2026 even though the decision had been made by U.S. Health an...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

Corona Crisis: Arizona in a “Free Fall” and “Out of Control”

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On July 7, 2020, NBC News reported that Arizona had a record number of cases (105,094) and of deaths (1,927), with a four percent daily in...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Regulating Smoking in China: A Socialist Conflict of Interest

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Government ownership and control of a means of production is the standard definition of socialism   even if some linguistic revisionists w...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Contradictory Comments on Health Insurance as Unethical: The Case of Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich said on May 15, 2011 that people should be required to buy health-insurance. He added that he would like to see the mandate ...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Irrational Exuberance in Taxing and Regulating Marijuana in Alaska

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As the citizens as well as legislators of Colorado were no doubt marveling in astonishment at the seismic $5 million figure for just the fi...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Genetically-Modified Foods: Health in the E.U. and Rights in the U.S.

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With regard to genetically-modified (GM) foodstuffs, an interesting cultural difference between Americans and Europeans surfaces. Even th...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Distinguishing Entitlements from the Safety Net

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In 2012, Congress lost sight of the fundamental purpose of a safety net, extending it beyond the difference between life and death. By zeroi...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Employing Smokers: Economic, Political and Social Aspects

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Hospitals in Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas (among others), stopped hiring smokers in 2...