In spite of seemingly convincing data, public transit does not solve congestion problems nor is it cost-effective, according to the Heritage Foundation. Wendell Cox and senior economist Randal O’Toole analysed the Texas Transportation Institute’s 2003 Annual Urban Mobility Report and discovered discrepancies with the data.
If a car trip
With the rising costs of pharmaceuticals, some Americans have looked to Canada for cheaper drug prices while others admire its socialised health care system. Yet Canadians have long suffered under a system that limits access to life-saving drugs, a trend that looks to get worse with U.S. drug importation.
In Canada,
The U.S. economy continues to surge, growing at 4.1 percent in the last quarter of 2003 and is expected to meet or surpass that rate of growth in 2004. In a recent report, the Heritage Foundation says that more Americans than ever are working (138.3 million people) and the
More and more Canadians have been seeking to avoid waiting lists in the government-run system by purchasing care at private clinics. However, in late 2003, the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario implemented new legislation effectively forbidding citizens from using their own incomes to purchase health services.
Because Canadians do
Countries with national health insurance schemes attempt to deny patients access to information about the newest, most effective drugs for a simple reason: The drugs are expensive, and if patients don't know about them, they won't know what they aren't getting.
Web sites on the Internet are undermining government attempts to
