The Health Care Debate: A Look at the Past

The health care debate has brought about understandably a great deal of debate.  Charges and counter-charges have been made.  Fear-mongering has been rampant.
Did any of this take place during the efforts to bring about Medicare in 1965?  Yes.  Conservatives coupled with the AMA warned that Medicare, as “socialized” medicine, would undermine the physician-patient relationship, bring government [...]

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This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on August 19, 2009 Comments (2)

Financial Crisis in Illinois: Any Precedents?

Finances in Illinois: a look at the past
The current financial crisis in Illinois is multifaceted and obviously connected to national and international trends.  Nonetheless, the state has faced at least one occasion where it had promised more than it could deliver financially.
The year was 1837.  The nation was involved in a mania of internal improvements [...]

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This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on August 13, 2009 Comments (0)