American Consequences - September 2018

You’re spending way too much on health care. And you’re getting way too little. What’s the solution? Most folks in Washington, D.C. think they have one… and if you’re anything like us, we suspect that as per usual, it will be a disaster.


Cover
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Contents
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Inside This Issue By Steven Longenecker
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Letter From the Editor By P.J. O'Rourke
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What Moved the Market
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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From Our Inbox
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An Infinite Loop: The U.S. Health Care System By Kerry D. Moynihan
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PJ's Top 10 Health and Fitness Tips By P.J. O'Rourke
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There Shall Be No Pain By Michael Downs
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What’s Wrong With Medicine Today By Dr. David Eifrig
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'Medicare for All' Will Crash the Economy By Porter Stansberry
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Futuristic Robots: Today's Surgeons By Christian Olsen
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The Rise of an Epidemic By Bill McGilton
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A Health Care Boom By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud
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Corporate America's Health Care Gambit By Björn Ekman
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Cancer: A Pain in the... By P.J. O'Rourke
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Our Bodies or Ourselves By Anne-Marie Slaughter and Stephanie Hare
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A Conversation With Penn Jillette
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Read This Compiled By Steven Longenecker and P.J. O'Rourke
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The Final Word By Buck Sexton
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Featured Contributors
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