Aside

Interesting article in USA Today, today, on Medicare/Medicaid (i.e. health benefit) fraud, and new measures – including fingerprinting – being proposed to support it. What’s interesting is that this is fraud by the providers and not the consumers – billing (the Government) for procedures not performed, equipment not used, etc.). This is a strong argument for government-controlled healthcare. Britain’s NHS may not be perfect, but a controlling organization that drives for lower costs not higher profits may not be a bad thing.