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Business Leaders Should Crunch the Numbers On Medicare for All

Featured in Real Clear Markets | Sally C. Pipes
October 9, 2019

This lack of awareness about the details of Medicare for All is problematic. Even its proponents acknowledge that it would raise taxes or introduce new taxes, particularly on businesses. Evidence from other countries with similar systems, meanwhile, shows that Medicare for All would deliver poor care to patients.

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President Trump wants you to get your flu shot

Los Angeles Times | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
October 9, 2019

In spite of that, many people resist getting a flu shot or the vaccine nasal spray. Most adults (60%) understand that vaccination offers good protection but only 52% said they planned to follow through, , according to a survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. That puts not only individuals, but all of society at risk, because a high level of vaccination can create “herd immunity,” a kind of biological barrier to the spread of an infectious disease.
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