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Friday, December 30, 2011
Phantom Self Esteem
Pete Duffin - PeteDuffin.Com (Philosophy For the Living) in 12/30/2011 published “The Courage of Self-Confidence” and affirmed: “Independence is self-sufficient and strong, dependence is the opposite”.
He could clarify the tortuous path of the Self Esteem and contribute with all of people whom are struggling against it!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Health Care Reform: 450,000 Doctors Can't Be Wrong
Spend More - On Healthcare, Get Less - On Health Populations
Why do we spend more on health care and get less?
A thought-provoking article in the Yale Alumni Magazine, “The Health Spending Paradox,” finds that the ratio of social-service spending to health-care spending in the United States is less than 1:1, while the average among other middle to high income countries is 2:1. Why does that matter? According to Elizabeth Bradley, Ph.D., professor of public health and the faculty director of the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute, and a co-author of the article, in countries where health-care spending was high and social-service spending (such as housing and family support services) was low, outcomes were significantly worse for infant mortality, life expectancy, and potential years of life lost.
Bradley says the research suggests that spending outside of health care — in this case, on social services — may have more important ramifications for a population’s health than the spending inside the health-care system. “Given these findings, legislators who are eager to save money on government health-care costs may want to think twice before cutting funding for social-service programs. Those cuts may themselves have substantial health consequences in the future.’’
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