Metapost
Friday, October 31 2008
A few items from the blogosphere:
(1) Niko Karvounis writes at Health Beat about Wyeth vs. Levine. The core issue is whether FDA approval of a drug preempts a patient’s right to sue for harm caused by that drug. The WSJ Health Blog has a post about FDA officials’ view of the preemption argument – they think it’s baloney.
(2) Also from the WSJ Health Blog, women pay more than men for health insurance – which speaks to the argument I made here about breast cancer and women’s health.
(3) What’s missing from this analysis of McCain’s reform plan? Only sick people. Cross Theorem of Health Care Economics: the numbers will always add up for any reform proposal that ignores the actual clients of a health care system. Cross Corollary: This is true even if we include coverage for magic ponies.
(4) Can you smell the desperation?
