Discussion of public health and health care policy, from a public health perspective. The U.S. spends more on medical services than any other country, but we get less for it. Major reasons include lack of universal access, unequal treatment, and underinvestment in public health and social welfare. We will critically examine the economics, politics and sociology of health and illness in the U.S. and the world.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Let your congresscritters know
that you oppose cuts in the budget of the National Institutes of Health, which in case you didn't know the Republicans want to seriously trash. The Association of American Medical Colleges has made it easy, go here.
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