American Consequences - September 2018

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

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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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