As the United States looks ahead to the fiscal challenges of population aging, two facts stand out. First, the United States faces far smaller pension problems from population aging than do most other developed nations. Our combined fertility and immigration rates are higher than those of all other developed nations, and life expectancy is lower and projected to remain lower than in most other ...

The dialysis treatment rate is more than 50 percent higher in the United States than it is in any West European nation. Relman and Rennie's analysis of this difference in rates raised the possibility that the extra care provided in the United States is unnecessary and is partially attributable to the existence of a private market for renal dialysis services. Their analysis ignores the effect of...

One of the major concerns for current foreign policy leaders in the United States is the impact of failed states. This view is reflected in the text of the most current U.S. National Security Strategy of the United States, (March 2006). The strategy says clearly, “The goal of our statecraft is to help create a world of democratic, well governed states.” Furthermore, “It is the policy of the Uni...

Many nations have undergone changes in health care financing and services. The public notices policy changes in health care and frequently bears new and unexpected costs or barriers to care unwillingly. This paper presents data from surveys of about 1,000 adults conducted during April-June 1998 in each of five countries--Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States-...

The 20th century was characterized by substantial change on a global scale. There were multiple wars and unrest, social and political transitions, technological innovation and widespread development that impacted every corner of the earth. In order to assess the sustainability implications of these changes, we conducted a study of three advanced nations particularly affected during this time: F...

Where We Are and How We Got Here In the autumn of 2012, the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine became the first medical school in the nation to amend its admissions policy to welcome applications from “DREAMers”—undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, i.e., prior to the age of 16, and have been raised and educated in the United States for mor...