Supporters of surrogacy, just like supporters of prostitution, claim that monetary incentive does not equal coercion and that “womb work” is work like any other. ..Is the inside of a woman’s body really an acceptable workplace? Now let’s look a different perspective. In an article for...
When you buy life insurance, one of the first things you’ll be asked to do is complete a health and family medical history form. Insurance companies want to know if your family suffers from any health issues such as cancer, heart disease, or diabetes that you may be genetically predisposed...
…her doctor referred her to the BC Cancer Agency. …She said she didn’t even see an oncologist with BC Cancer until two-and-a-half months later but at that point, she had already received treatment somewhere else. …Ducluzeau decided to get treatment with Sardi in Baltimore. …Before sh...
Isn’t that an example of the government destroying the free market which invalidates your claim that we tried the free market and it didn’t work? Shouldn’t we then reexamine what really caused health care and insurance to be so expensive? Or do you need more examples of government inter...
America’s Long War on Cancer: What Was It Good For?(Bloomberg) Some tidbits ofcontextfor things Vishnu wrote abouthere. The Price of Nails since 1695: A Window into Economic Change(Journal of Economic Perspectives) Yes, Let’s Call ‘Beijing’ Peking(National Review) ...
Why? The insurance company purchased the private lab’s DNA database, ostensibly for research purposes, and cross-referenced it with its own. They red-flagged the names of people who had been tested for breast cancer. Such scenarios carry the whiff of mediocre Hollywood screenplays, but they ...
Such a claim would not be tenable in the other two cases, since the risk to the riders is reason enough for the inspector’s decision. But would it be reasonable for Stephen to claim that the inspector’s argument for closing down his machine is weaker in case B than in case C, ...
for instance.) He also wrote unusually limpid French. Bastiat has not been part of secondary studies in France in my lifetime. His name is barely known at the university level. Marx and second, and third-rate Marxists, on the other hand, are omnipresent. (Some cynics would claim that ...
His opening point being that how the fuck can he claim “good faith” as they said he could, if that only applies to usages that are within the bounds of normal usage? None of those cases would ever go to court, and thus good faith is moot in that scenario. So basically, the other...
…Ms. Yellen’s whoppers, …including a claim that “the causes of inflation are largely global.”…U.S. inflation has been substantially home-grown. …The Federal Reserve kept the money spigots open for too long, in part to finance the borrowing needed for all of the spending. …Ms. ...