Leaders of several underdeveloped African nations came to the Group of Eight summit in Japan last week and requested more financial aid from G8 countries, says Erin Wildermuth, a Koch Journalism Fellow at the American Spectator.
Thus far, only $3.9 billion of the promised $26.1 billion in aid to Africa has
Access to new medicines in Canada is delayed or blocked by government policies and drug plans, says the Fraser Institute.
A recent Fraser Institute report measured the length of time patients must wait to access new drugs in Canada:
In 2006, the average length of time taken by Health Canada to approve
The cases of 14 British brain surgery patients who were the victims of catastrophic errors when National Health Service (NHS) neurosurgeons operated on the wrong side of the head are to spearhead a government drive to make operations safer, says the Independent.
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer for England,
Last year, Gordon Brown commissioned Lord Darzi, a surgeon and health minister, to create a plan to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). Lord Darzi’s final report contained some surprising conclusions, says the Economist.
For example:
The NHS will now have a new focus on
Sweden’s exorbitant tax rates and extensive welfare system are well know throughout the world, says Maria Rankka, the president of the Swedish free-market think tank Timbro. Even low-and-middle-income earners in Sweden pay 60 to 70 per cent in taxes.
Indeed, the culture of opportunity, which rose out of lowered taxes, deregulation
