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The Health Care Crisis in the United States

Michael Moore’s film, 'Sicko', dramatically illustrated how problems in access to health care in the United States have escalated to the point of a crisis for all but the richest Americans. 

 
Will Consumer-Driven Medicine Really Cut Health Care Costs?

One of the most common justifications for consumer-driven medicine is reduced health care costs. The reasoning here is two-fold.

 
Selfish Capitalism is Bad for Our Mental Health

By far the most significant consequence of "selfish capitalism" (Thatch/Blatcherism) has been a startling increase in the incidence of mental illness in both children and adults since the 1970s. 

 
Pharmaceutical industry undermining its future as millions of poor denied access to medicine

The pharmaceutical industry is denying medicines to millions of poor people and undermining its own future because companies are refusing to change the way they do business in developing country markets, according to a new report by international agency Oxfam.

 
The Case for Universal Basic Education

One of the silent killers attacking the developing world is the lack of quality basic education for large numbers of the poorest children in the world’s poorest countries—particularly girls. Yet unlike many of the world’s most grievous ailments, this is a disease with a known cure. 

 
The free market vs. global health

When the global economy settled into the Chicago School of Economics’ visible hands in the early 1980s, the health sector was by no means exempted. The face of health services and health policy was deeply impacted, and over subsequent years would swap the comprehensive Alma Ata ‘health for all’ idealism of 1978 for a narrower focus on the health intervention for small number of diseases.

 
Ultimate Goal of Corporations in America: Gaining Control of Universities

The policies used by big corporations in America to achieve what they want by all means are very different from those used by peaceful democratic organizations world-wide. Responsible democratic organizations across every continent try to get what they want by educating the general public to see things into true perspective as they relate to their exclusive welfare. This way they build a wide support for the humanitarian goals they are trying to achieve. As a result, the majority of the population becomes enlightened to make appropriate choices.