There are also areas where even economists seem to develop something of a blind spot on the point, health care being one of the more obvious such.
At every step, the proponents of regulation point to some alleged set of problems in health care, blame them on the market, and call on government to solve them.
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The point of managed care was to introduce a degree of rationing into a health-care system that, by the late 1980s, was suffering from inflation of 15% a year or even more.
And the final point is that the costs of health care -- setting aside anything we did in reform, I mean, if we just allowed the current trajectory to go on -- is out of control.
Mr Cameron said on Sunday he strongly supported the founding principles of the NHS, including "health care for all, free at the point of use, unrelated to the ability to pay".
The Affordable Care Act, through the individual responsibility requirement, will require everyone, if they can afford it, to carry some form of health insurance since everyone at some point in time participates in the health care system, and incur costs that must be paid for.
For we've reached the point where doing nothing about the cost of health care is no longer an option.
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And again I would point you to, on the issue of reducing health care costs, what he did with the Affordable Care Act.
At the beginning of the talk, she makes the point that health care costs are indeed our budget buster.
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Both of these studies underscore the importance of prenatal education and care, and point to applying good health habits, especially when pregnant.
And yet, when just one such benefit was disclosed to ardent opponents of health care, they flipped their point of view like a pancake on the skillet.
Specifically, just because it's a fact, on the issue of health care reform savings, I point you to the CBO, non-partisan CBO, which absolutely concluded that the Affordable Care Act is a deficit reducer -- a rather substantial deficit reducer.
At that point she stopped working as Group President of Medco Health Solutions to care for him.
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And one point on which everyone expressed agreement was that the cost of health care is a large and growing problem that, left untended, threatens families, businesses and the solvency of our government itself.
From this vantage point, Clinton seemed to get the better of the exchange on health care, Obama on Iraq.
"They're on the mark in saying that I'm for it, but they miss the larger point, which is that it would take down the passage of health care, " said Sen.
More to the point, the bulk of health reform that deals with making our health care system more effective and efficient includes many common-sense provisions that have had bipartisan support for years.
You are the first writer I have seen who has grasped the seminal point that the dysfunctions in the current health care system are expressions of basic structural errors in their design, not intrinsic failings of capitalism or some such.
The British public are rightly attached to taxpayer-funded health care and education that is free at the point of use.
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"That would be regulating at the point of purchase, " when individuals would be voluntarily entering the health-care market, Mr. Clement said.
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And yes, there is the matter of the cost of treating the medically uninsurable being passed on to the rest of us via higher premium costs, but it is the opponents of our current health care reform law who are quick to point out that insuring everyone will not lower our premium costs.
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The sweetheart deals and perversions of reason that emerged in the health care debate are cases in point.
You make a good point that new devices and drugs all too often drive up the cost of health care without a corresponding benefit.
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My family has had extraordinary care from our NHS, but we do not do our NHS or our nurses any favours if we do not point out that there are some very real problems in parts of our health and care system.
From a conservative point of view, there's a lot not to like about the Democratic health care reform.
You can tell the health care debate is reaching a critical point just by the number of ads flooding the airwaves of local and cable television.
The last point I'd make: One of the biggest burdens on small businesses is health care costs.
With polls showing most Americans' minds are made up on the health care law, experts also question whether an argument over an arcane point of law that confuses most people is a winning strategy or lost on most.
The recent positive performance of health care stocks and staples which typically have similar fundamentals at this point of the business cycle may ignite equity markets.
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The point of the ACO is to create a scenario where a group of physicians, hospitals and other health care workers can work closely together in the care of a patient.
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