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Trends in a large bureaucratic system are not apparent initially, when new policies are set in place. People cannot easily fathom the long-term repercussions of a public “one payer” insurance system. Trends become apparent several decades later, when it is essentially impossible to “uninstall” the system. Here are some dangerous trends, seen from the point of view of a person who lived and raised a family within such system in Ontario, Canada. The redirection trend This trend is dangerous to people’s lives. It happens in periods of high demand for health care, when hospitals cannot respond to emergency cases any...

Government and Public Health Issues? A Pure Contradiction in Terms By Norma Zager Aside from the obvious problems with government regulation over American’s health care, I fear the most obvious proof has been overlooked. The current proposal by President Obama may just be the greatest threat to the welfare of the American people since Russia got the bomb. Time and again the federal government has shown its inability to deal with the problems concerning health issues. I could site thousands of examples but will begin with only one, Creosote. Creosote is a dangerous chemical banned by the European Union in...

Hundreds of grumbling parents facing a threat of jail lined up at a courthouse Saturday to either prove that their school-age kids already had their required vaccinations or see that the youngsters submitted to the needle. The get-tough policy in the Washington suburbs of Prince George's County was one of the strongest efforts made by any U.S. school system to ensure its youngsters receive their required immunizations.

Thousands of hurricane survivors who spent hours trapped in or wading through floodwaters likely exposed themselves to a wide range of bacteria and other contaminants. Microbiologist Paul Pearce found total sewage bacteria in a water sample from in New Orleans' Ninth Ward to be 45,000 times what would be considered safe for swimming in a pond or a lake. The Ninth Ward was one of the city's hardest-hit neighborhoods. "In terms of total microorganisms in floodwater, this is about as bad as it can get," Pearce told ABC News. Pearce also found 2.2 million parts per unit of human waste...