CONTENTS
SEPTEMBER 2018 : ISSUE 14
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AMERICAN CONSEQUENCES
4 Inside This Issue
48 The Rise of an Epidemic BY BILL McGILTON
BY STEVEN LONGENECKER
6 Letter From the Editor BY P.J. O'ROURKE
54 A Health Care Boom
Editor in Chief: P.J. O’Rourke Editorial Director: Carli Flippen Publisher: Steven Longenecker Contributing Editors: Michael Downs, Dr. David Eifrig, Björn Ekman, Stephanie Hare, Bill McGilton, Kerry D. Moynihan, Christian Olsen, Buck Sexton, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Porter Stansberry Newswire Editors: Scott Garliss, John Gillin, Greg Diamond Assistant Editors: Cartoon Director: Frank Stansberry General Manager: Jamison Miller Advertising: Sam DeCroes, Jared Kelly, Jill Peterson Editorial feedback: feedback@ americanconsequences.com Chris Gaarde, Laura Greaver Creative Director: Erica Wood
BY DR. STEVE SJUGGERUD
12 What Moved the Market
58 Corporate America's Health Care Gambit BY BJÖRN EKMAN
14 What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
16 From Our Inbox
62 Cancer: A Pain in the... BY P.J. O'ROURKE
20 An Infinite Loop: The U.S. Health Care System BY KERRY D. MOYNIHAN
70 Our Bodies or Ourselves
BY ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER AND STEPHANIE HARE
26 PJ's Top 10 Health and Fitness Tips BY P.J. O'ROURKE
74 A Conversation With PENN JILLETTE
28 There Shall Be No Pain BY MICHAEL DOWNS
80 Read This
COMPILEDBYSTEVENLONGENECKER AND P.J. O'ROURKE
34 What’s Wrong With Medicine Today BY DR. DAVID EIFRIG
82 The Final Word
38 ‘Medicare for All’ Will Crash the Economy BY PORTER STANSBERRY
BY BUCK SEXTON
86 Featured Contributors
42 Futuristic Robots: Today's Surgeons BY CHRISTIAN OLSEN
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