Showing posts with label healtcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healtcare. Show all posts

Monday, September 28, 2009

Technology Moving Forward Smoothly

The technology sector is the best performer since the March lows.  It is performing well quietly. It is not attracting traders. No big moves up and down, just steady progress. Here is a chart from Bespoke.



The second leading sector...

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Response in Health Care Debate

Much of the back and forth debate in regard to health care is narrowly focused.  Here is a response made to a fellow who thinks government has the information necessary to decide what care is best for the individual.

Open your eyes.  Everyday people die because they do not have the money they need.  They die of hunger, malnutrition, untreated disease and even untreated water.  Terms such as information asymmetry show that you have "book learning".  When will you recognize and acknowledge that "big government answers" are not about solving problems, but about giving wealth and power to special interests?  If your goal were to lower the death rate, you certainly would not be spending time trying to figure out who is entitled to incredibly expensive kidney drugs, where the money spent on one patient would pay for a sizable water treatment plant and save the lives of hundreds.  Thousands of children could be vaccinated,...