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							<title><![CDATA[The McVictim Syndrome Could Kill Us]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-gratzer-obesity-20101208,0,7040118.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gratzer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Call it the McVictim syndrome. Too many pundits, public health experts  and politicians are working overtime to find scapegoats for America's obesity epidemic.In his latest book, former FDA Commissioner David A. Kessler argues that  modern food is addictive. In it, he recounts how he was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Berwick's 5-Year Plan vs. the iPhone]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2010/07/10/berwicks_five-year_plan_v_the_iphone_98565.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gratzer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last month, Apple released its new iPhone, a faster and more powerful version of its ever popular computer-phone. It's a remarkable device - particularly remarkable given that its machine ancestors were large and expensive, often filling whole buildings yet able to crunch fewer numbers...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Central Planning's Bad Medicine]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20100524central_plannings_bad_medicine/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gratzer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has nominated Dr. Donald Berwick to a position largely unstaffed during the Bush administration: head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversees the two Great Society programs.Berwick has decades of experience in health policy and, on paper,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ObamaCare and the 2010 Elections]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/12/yes_republicans_talk_about_health_care_99822.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gratzer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Because of our efforts, insurers are now required to cover reconstructive surgery for children with deformities.
Is that what Democratic candidates will say on the stump in 2010? After spending a year explaining the disaster of American health care and pushing for change, they can tout,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ObamaCare is Built on a Gimmick]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/12/03/2009-12-03_medicare_cuts_and_other_dc_fairy_tales.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Gratzer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's that time of year again: Washington is talking about cuts to Medicare. President Obama's health-care reforms depend on them - up to $400 billion worth over 10 years. As a psychiatrist, I'll break the bad news gently: Medicare cuts are like Santa Claus and his flying reindeers -...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Doubles Down on a Mediocre Proposal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/10/obama-healthcare-speech-opinions-david-gratzer.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gratzer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Before a tense and packed House, the President told Congress:"Millions of Americans are just a pink slip away from losing their health insurance, and one serious illness away from losing all their savings... And in spite of all this, our medical bills are growing at over twice the rate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Only Way to Salvage Bad Health Care Idea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/06/19/2009-06-19_demand_the_public_plan_compete_heres_how_to_.html?print=1&amp;page=all</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gratzer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his speech to the American Medical Association, President Obama went further than ever before in his call for a "public option" in any health care reform package. After he listed several worthwhile proposals to increase insurance competition, the President told doctors that these...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Canada's ObamaCare Precedent]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124451570546396929.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Gratzer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congressional Democrats will soon put forward their legislative proposals for reforming health care. Should they succeed, tens of millions of Americans will potentially be joining a new public insurance program and the federal government will increasingly be involved in treatment...]]></description>
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