A dose of the HIPCs: health care
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Paul Starr and Walter Zelman, advisors to Hillary Clinton's health care reform team, advocate combining managed competition with spending controls to universalize health care while cutting costs. Their book, 'Health Affairs,' explains the complex economics of the health industry.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Better than well: society's moral confusion over drugs is neatly illustrated by its differing reactions to Prozac and ecstasy
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MDMA, known in street parlance as ecstasy, is illegal, and Prozac, an anti-depressant, is legal. Both have a similar elevating effect on mood by altering serotonin levels. Societal views of chemically induced happiness are examined.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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