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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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The Medical Society raises some valid points–will the pharmacies have the capacity to create and maintain medical records? As a patient, do you want your medical data available in so many different locations, each of which is subject to potential abuse? Will the pharmacy communicate with primary care doctors about the episode of care? Will the provision of these additional services increase pharmacy wait time for other sick people? If their specific medical knowledge is limited to just the named “test and dispense” conditions, they cannot possibly address an individual patient’s complex medical needs. Compare for example the medical education… Read more »
Pharmacists do not have the time to do a diagnosis of any of those diseases. The druggist does know about meds and interaction between them. I would not feel
Safe asking a pharmacist to do a differential
Diagnosis for my symptoms. The liability for
The pharmacist and store will be steep.