Oscar Wilde once described "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." The same might be said of those who define our national debate over healthcare policy.
The delivery of healthcare is a complex subject. Unfortunately, many politicians and commentators are prone more to pontificating about healthcare than to understanding it. Healthcare is not merely a line item in the federal budget, but something that has real impact on the lives of patients and their families. Government policies ostentatiously enacted in their name have done harm as well as good.
The Apothecary is a weblog that seeks to explore not only the price of healthcare, but also its value. It aims to address, using empirical analysis and third-party research, how policymakers can maximize the quality, innovation, efficiency, and accessibility of healthcare.
Most of all, it seeks to remind us that healthcare reflects the best of America, an America worth preserving: human skill and ingenuity used in the service of human life.
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Yom Kippur 5781 / 2020
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Today, September 27, 2020 is Yom Kippur. Normally Hank would proudly share
information about this high holy day. Sadly and regrettably, he is not here
so...