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“Scientists have figured out a way to reduce the frequency that people get sick by as much as forty percent [but] it turns out that although we know that washing our hands prevents a range of illnesses and are incredibly eager to buy products marketed to kill germs, we don’t actually take the simpler measure of washing hands in the first place.”
“ Not only is it morally reprehensible to restrict or deny life-saving drugs to those who need them (talk about death panels), it is a colossal miscalculation of public health policy, not to mention fiscally irresponsible. ”
Charles M. Blow, “H.I.V. S O S”
“ The idea that all this can be reduced to money — that doctors are just people selling services to consumers of health care — is, well, sickening. ”
Paul Krugman, “Patients Are Not Consumers”
In case that title didn’t grab you, let me assure you it’s a fascinating read.