When Health Insurance Works: A Look Inside Switzerland's Healthcare System
Authored by Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna via The Mises Institute,
[Part of a series on the Swiss economy and society.]
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CDC, IBM Announce Research Partnership Focused On Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence
In what we imagine will become one of the most quickly realized use-cases for blockchain technology, the CDC and IBM have partnered to research how the former can develop a blockchain-based system to allow health-care providers to more easily share information about individual patients, and data about burgeoning pandemics.
Blockchain Explained (In 120 Seconds)
Last week we offered the ultimate beginner's guide to WTF Blockchain is. However, for those with even shorter attention spans - squirrel - WIRED magazine has managed to explain why there is such fervor surrounding the blockchains in under two minutes.
"It's A Mad Max Situation" - Puerto Rico Doctors Practice Medicine In 'Post-Apocalyptic' Conditions
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,
Nearly four weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, doctors are experiencing “post-apocalyptic” conditions. The reality doctors in Puerto Rico are facing is similar to that from a dystopian novel.
Fraud, Exploitation, & Collusion: America's Pharmaceutical Industry
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
The rot within manifested by the pharmaceutical industry almost defies description.
The theme this week is The Rot Within.
America's Pharmaceutical industry takes pride of place in this week's theme of The Rot Within, as the industry has raised fraud, exploitation and collusion to systemic perfection.