Read on the web

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  America does spend more on healthcare than the rest of the world. [Angry Bear]
  

  But what do we spend the extra 5% of GDP? It’s apparently not doctors. While the number of doctors in the US has increased steadily, we still rank low in terms of doctors per capita...

  
  Basically, the writer concludes that America has not been consuming more healthcare than other countries.. since that is the case, the argument is that pricing of care is much higher in America.
  
  Interesting... will this lead us to why healthcare costs are out of control?
• Who benefits from progress?
  Hmm, this link doesn't lead us back to the paper! Can someone find it?
  
• A solution to the equity premium -- or why have equities outperformed bonds for the last 100 years
• Should I subscribe to this journal - Kyklos?
  A subscription is $43, but the articles look so interesting...
• Verizon continued its move into the television business by announcing a deal with NBC Universal Cable to carry all 12 of its cable networks, as well as NBC and other programming. [WSJ]
  Wow, let the battle of the RBOCs / satellite TV providers and cable guys begin!