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Also, direct-to-consumer companies increasingly request blood through a capillary sample - obtained by pricking your finger. There are food “sensitivity” tests that do not test for IgE, the antibody typically used to identify allergens. There are more of these self-tests than I can keep track of, but of the ones I know, at least some are not scientifically valid flipping a coin may be more accurate. Should We Use Mail-Order DNA Tests To Diagnose Ourselves? Voters and taxpayers are asking for Medicare for All.
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Instead of thinking about how they can make small tweaks to the health care system, they should start thinking about how to enact dramatic reforms that will assure universal coverage while reducing costs and encouraging economic growth. Pass Medicare For All.ĭemocrats have the chance to be the champions of that reform if they don’t waste their energy on half-measures. Yet, scarcely a month after the Democrats flipped at least 40 congressional seats, some right-wing groups disingenuously draw the opposite conclusion. FreedomWorks, a conservative nonprofit, which supported Tea Party candidates, contends that House Republicans lost because their economic policies were not draconian enough. (Max Richtman, 12/14)ĭemocrats, Don't Waste Time On Health Tweaks. House elections were - among other things - a seemingly loud rebuke of right-wing economic policies.


Voters On Both Sides Chose People Who Pledged To Protect Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid Viewpoints: Voters Weighed In With ‘Hands-Off’ Message About Medicare, Medicaid Small Tweaks Won’t Help Health Care SystemĮditorial writers weigh in on these health care topics and others.
