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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
NY Times | Report on Medicare Cites Prescription Drug Abuse
Medicare is subsidizing drug abuse by thousands of beneficiaries who shop around for doctors and fill prescriptions for huge quantities of painkillers and other narcotics far exceeding what any patient could safely use, Congressional investigators say in a new report.
National Journal | More Than 10 Percent of Parents Delay Kids' Vaccines, Study Finds
More than 10 percent of U.S. parents use an “alternative” vaccination schedule for immunizing their children, putting their kids and others at risk of becoming infected with diseases such as measles and whooping cough, researchers reported on Monday.

Econ Comments                                                                                                             
WSJ | The Definition of Insanity
Why no one wants to repeal a program that everyone knows is a fraud.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Cato Institute | Heritage Scholar Urges States: Don’t Implement ObamaCare Exchanges, Send Back Grants
Many states, including some that are suing to overturn ObamaCare as unconstitutional, saw this as a green-light from the free-market groups and forged ahead with creating an ObamaCare-compliant Exchange.