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"disease agencies" (e.g., the Heart Fund) have fostered a "national obsession" with disease. In turn, "unsupportable demands" have arisen for illusory preventive medicine; seeing the doctor has become a "cultural habit." Redesigned for use only when really needed, Thomas contends, the health system would probably cost much less; new investment should be for research to move future health technology beyond the "halfway" point.
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Most of the evening news coverage was given over to what can most aptly be called the "horserace"-the candidates' comings and goings on the campaign trail, their strategies for winning votes, and their prospects for victory or defeat. Such subjects accounted for 60...
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