Archives for February 2013

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

Steven Brill, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us. Time, 20 February 2013. “When we debate health care policy we seem to jump right to the issue of who should pay the bills, blowing past what should be the first question: Why exactly are the bills so high?”

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The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

Michael Moss, The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food. The New York Times, 20 February 2013. “The public and the food companies have known for decades now — or at the very least since…[1999] — that sugary, salty, fatty foods are not good for us in the quantities that we consume them. So why are the diabetes and obesity and hypertension numbers still spiraling out of control?”

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