Health care without insurance, & know the price

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

(Originally posted on John Goodman's Health Policy Blog) Although Canadian health care is supposedly free, each year thousands of Canadians come to the United States instead. Many have spent so long waiting for care in Canada that they will pay out of pocket for US care in order to escape suffering ...

Medical tourism on a cruise ship?

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

The following video is based on a new novel called Universal Coverage, by Daniel Putkowski.  That is, it's not real.  However, medical tourism on a cruise ship is an interesting possible consequence of increased government control over our medical care and insurance.  It's sort of the medical version of Seasteading, ...