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Medical Freedom Zones in the U.S. can promote innovation and quality
This paper illustrates how one jurisdiction could take the lead in defining medical freedom in the United States and create a safe haven for innovation, alternative care, and affordable treatment. Continue reading
How the FDA Impedes Innovation
[I]nnovations get better over time. But if you impede the first generation the second generation may never come into existence and, as Mandel notes, no first-generation device could satisfy the FDA’s conditions. It’s like refusing to give the Wright Brothers a license to fly because their first airplane only flew for 59 seconds. Continue reading
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Health care innovation: good and bad
John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis has an excellent column abut health care innovation. He summarizes: Wherever there is third-party payment [insurance, a health plan, Medicare, Medicaid], the goal of innovation is to produce more products that … Continue reading
FDA on your DNA: “You can’t handle the truth!”
From Paul Hsieh: Recent advances in biotechnology have allowed private companies to offer affordable genetic testing directly to consumers, to help them determine their risks of developing problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and various forms of cancer. In response, … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, FDA, genetic testing, medical technology and innovation, nanny state
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Health information technology: benefits and problems
For those interested in Colorado politics ( Colorado HB 1330) and medical privacy, check out this summary of a recent study by published by the National Center for Policy Analysis. Although many proponents discuss the perceived benefits of health information … Continue reading
The Deadly Tax on Medical Innovation
From Paul Hsieh in Pajamas Media: [A] government that penalizes innovation could dramatically slow the pace of medical progress, leading to millions of preventable deaths. And this may be one of the worst long-range consequences of the recently passed ObamaCare … Continue reading
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Does medical technology increase health care costs?
Ronald Bailey at Reason reports on a new study that says medical innovation increases life expectancy, not spending. Some excerpts: Columbia University economist Frank Lichtenberg published a new study that suggests advanced medical technologies are not contributing all that much … Continue reading
Health “reform” vs. medical technology & innovation
From a new Cato Institute policy analysis, Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation: The health care issues commonly considered most important today — controlling costs and covering the uninsured — arguably should be regarded … Continue reading
Health care bill punishes medical device innovation
Jeff Scialabba at the Ayn Rand Institute has written a two-part blog post on how HR 3962 would punish medical innovation. Part one is about the benefits of medical devices and the cost of bringing them to market. It begins: … Continue reading