America's defining choice: war in Afghanistan or health care at home

Seattle Times by Nicholas D. Kristof | Nov. 12, 2009 (Opinion)

Where's the best place to spend $100 billion a year? Is it on patrols in Afghanistan? Or is it to refurbish our health-care system so another American doesn't die unnecessarily every 12 minutes? Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 14, 2009

Kristof phrases the Afghanistan escalation question in terms of guns or butter health care. Some innovative use of cost-benefit analysis on use of limited resources.

“People talk about waiting lines in Canada,” Harris added. “I say, well, at least they have a line to wait in.” More »

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