By Jason Caci Doctors have been too quick to prescribe medications to their patients whenever they deal with arthritis, migraines, or any sort of general pain. Florida State University researcher Jeffrey Lacasse conducted a study and found that out of 235 bereaved parents, “37.4 percent of those participating in the study were prescribed a psychiatric medication to help them cope, with some receiving prescriptions within a week of losing their children.” Lacasse pointed out…
Can’t Buy Me Health: Why Obamacare is Destined to Fail
By Jake Hayutin Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, these are our options in the ACA. Ironically, this language unwittingly bespeaks the central problem of our healthcare crisis – the conflation of health, health care, and health insurance. Our consumer-capitalistic-Keynesian-QE culture is all about making and spending money. Hence, the hierarchy of precious metals used to define our policy options – save catastrophic (likely because iron lacks luster). Following suit, most overhaul plans of the last…