America’s more complex health-care system is criticized for being too expensive, but the coronavirus response may show that we get what we pay for and redundancy in critical-care capabilities is a blessing, not a curse, in a pandemic.
Letters
The photo was taken before social-distancing guidelines were in place.
An opportunity presents itself as a world transforms. Let’s take advantage.
The high failure rate of most Cuban doctors attempting certification in the U.S. and in South American countries to practice as physicians would tend to corroborate watered-down Cuban academic standards.
These are the same airlines that have been nickel-and-diming us for a number of years with baggage fees, cancellation and change fees, and even a fee for selecting a seat.
The question of accidents in traffic roundabouts is a classic example of engineering failing to account for human nature.
In the 1960s, when I was a medical resident, the common ventilator was the Bird Mark 7, a simple green box that is cheap, treats respiratory failure and functions without electricity.
Let’s not forget these workers have no choice but to work because they are not covered by any permanent or new Covid-19 benefits.
I am on the board of a small manufacturing company which has eight weeks of leeway before the company runs out of money due to the drop in sales. I have a very hard time believing that any government agency will be able to pull a plan together in as little as eight weeks.
The university has not shared the identity of the donor, nor does it intend to.
The historical quest to document sex differences in brains was founded on the premise that women’s brains are inherently inferior to men’s.
Making rate adjustments anticipatorily while fumbling management of the disease is foolhardy.
The U.S. Trade Representative granted immediate exclusions from the Section 301 tariffs for all critical medical products weeks ago.
I take exception to Paul G. Vallas’s assessment that interruptions to on-site teaching “can have catastrophic consequences on educational development.”
The violence wasn’t a failure of the First Amendment; it was a failure of government.
Turning every American city into a poor copy of Manhattan Island isn’t the solution to our housing problems, and in times like these may prove to be deadly.
Your editorial “The Economic Rout Accelerates” (March 19) notes that young folks think they’ll “live forever,” which is why so many are ignoring our leaders’ requests—and orders—to avoid congregating in groups that could spread the virus.
Relying on risk-weighted measures also leaves the impression that banks are adequately capitalized when, in fact, they’re marginally capitalized at best.
Earn $100 and pay $40 in taxes—perhaps that explains why so many young people have less incentive to earn more taxable income.
Degrees in the health sciences act only as an entry-level platform upon which students need to build to gain hands-on experience in approved training programs followed by demonstration of ongoing competency.
