Comments on: Hits & Misses – 2008/11/18 http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-healthy-people-take-drugs/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-healthy-people-take-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-39778 Frank Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:24:44 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1113#comment-39778 Yes. Eighty-year-olds should get heart surgery. But it should not be paid for by taxpayers (i.e., Medicare). They should have to pay for it out-of- pocket or privately insure for it. Yes. Eighty-year-olds should get heart surgery. But it should not be paid for by taxpayers (i.e., Medicare). They should have to pay for it out-of- pocket or privately insure for it.

]]> By: Tim http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-healthy-people-take-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-39767 Tim Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:01:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1113#comment-39767 If we bought groceries this way, there would be 1,000 different prices for heads of lettuce. It would take several hours of comparison shopping just to buy one. If we bought groceries this way, there would be 1,000 different prices for heads of lettuce. It would take several hours of comparison shopping just to buy one.

]]> By: Tom http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-healthy-people-take-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-39744 Tom Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:42:48 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1113#comment-39744 John, what you neglected to say about Huntington (but what the article made clear) is that none of the people there plan to change their behavior. They are going to keep on eating their hot dogs and spending Madicare money, paid for by taxes confiscated from all the rest of us. John, what you neglected to say about Huntington (but what the article made clear) is that none of the people there plan to change their behavior.

They are going to keep on eating their hot dogs and spending Madicare money, paid for by taxes confiscated from all the rest of us.

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/should-healthy-people-take-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-39743 Bruce Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:38:39 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=1113#comment-39743 On healthy people taking statins, the case for caution appears in a Tara Parker-Pope column in yesterday's (Tuesday's) New York Times. On healthy people taking statins, the case for caution appears in a Tara Parker-Pope column in yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) New York Times.

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