Medical economics Archives

Medical economics

Understanding Obamacare

The idea that there is a competitive “private sector” in America is appealing, but generally false. No one hates competition more than the managers of corporations. Competition does not enhance…

Sick in the Head

by Luke Mitchell,

Why America won't get the health-care system it needs

The Ethical Costs of Health Care

by Lester C. Thurow,

The crisis in American medicine

by Harper’s Staff,

As Harper's readers see it

The Politics of Medicine

by Edward T. Chase,

The doctor likes to picture himself as a freewheeling individualist. But from the day he enters medical school he must learn—if he wants to succeed—to play ball with a tight…