Medicare meets Mephistopheles /
Medicare's devilish details demonstrate its success at encouraging the Seven Deadly Sins -- Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony and Lust -- and at undermining the virtues of thrift and honesty.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Cato Institute,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover13;
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: The Memorandum
- PART I MEDICARE AND THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
- 1. Abandon Hope All Ye Who Read Further
- 2. Medicare Overview
- 3. Avarice
- 4. Gluttony
- 5. Envy
- 6. Sloth
- 7. Lust
- 8. Anger
- 9. Vanity
- 10. Undermining American Virtues
- 11. The Threat of Exorcism
- 12. Conclusion
- PART II EPILOGUE
- 13. A Sacred Bond between the Generations?
- APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY
- APPENDIX B: ACRONYMS
- APPENDIX C: BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON MEDICARE PARTS A8211;D
- RECOMMENDED READING
- NOTES
- INDEX.