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		<title>The Organ Transplant Act and generosity</title>
		<link>http://mypiccline.com/2009/12/07/the-organ-transplant-act-and-peoples-generousity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1984 the United States government established the Organ Transplant Act banning the selling of organ and tissue. And while arguments can be made as to the ethics of profiting off solid organs, the argument of profiting off bone marrow presents a murkier case. In an opinion piece appearing in the Sun News, George Mason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two worthwhile essays on healthcare&#8217;s biggest problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In two of the better essays on healthcare, The New Yorker&#8217;s Dr. Atul Gawande and David Goldhill,via the Atlantic Monthly, portray a healthcare system dreadfully disorganized and wasteful. While this is no new discovery, each offers a different perspective (Guwande is a M.D., Goldhill a businessman), and solution. In his trip to McAllen, Texas&#8212;a town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good read: &#8220;No Cash for medical bills? Bartering pays&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my days at the clinic it&#8217;s no surprise to see a long line of people awaiting a &#8220;meeting&#8221; with the billing department. Getting sick is expensive and not everybody has great heath insurance, let alone health insurance at all. There are a lot of different groups who have a interest in seeing that those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good read: Healthcare from a doc&#8217;s perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Sheehan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As noted in an earlier post, fee-for-service health care (a doctor&#8217;s financial incentive to order tests and conduct procedures) will be something addressed here in length. To be clear, the healthcare industry problems are layered, knotted and just messy. From what I have gathered in minimal experience, no one party is entirely at fault,  solutions will require [...]]]></description>
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