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RON PAUL ON THE SWINE FLU SCARE

I have lambasted Ron Paul in the past, with good reason, but his comments on the swine flu “pandemic” and the government’s hysterical response are very sensible:

Posted 01 May 2009 † Catron § ‡ Comments (0)

THE 18,000 DEATHS MYTH

A favorite talking point of the “universal coverage” crowd is the claim that 18,000 Americans die annually because they have no health coverage. Greg Scandlen does a good job of debunking this canard:
Like other misleading claims, this one is also based on a report by the Institute of Medicine … The study conducts no original research, but […]

Posted 15 December 2008 † Catron § Statistical BS ‡ Comments (0)

HEALTH CARE: WHO’S REALLY FOR CHANGE?

There’s only one presidential candidate promoting serious change in national health care policy—-and his name isn’t Barack Obama. John Goodman does a good job of expanding on this point in the WSJ:

If you listen only to presidential campaign rhetoric, you might conclude that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama proposed bold new changes for our health-care system, while John […]

Posted 30 July 2008 † Catron § McCain BS § Obama BS § Reform BS ‡ Comments (0)