Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Legal Commentary Blogs -> The Buck Stops Here

Legal Commentary

: The Buck Stops Here

Health Care

By Stuart Buck

A thought in light of the last post: I strongly suspect that our national health would be better on average if, rather than subsidizing prescription drugs, the federal government actually banned or restricted many prescription drugs -- NOT all, to be sure -- and plowed those billions of dollars into subsidizing the production and purchase of vegetables and fruits instead.Not that this would be the ideal policy solution starting from scratch, of course. But it might be far better than what we have now, where the government first effectively subsidizes foods that cause obesity and inflammation-related diseases, and then helps older people buy cholesterol and heart treatments that don't work.

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on March 26, 2008 (boomark / email).