Re: Ken's question 
but how much stuff does anyone need to own??  what is this intoxication with 
more and more property? (thats a rhetorical question...)

It may be a rhetorical question, but it's certainly related to the 
"empowerment" of the "ownership society." In their book "The Health of Nations: why 
inequality is harmful to your health",  Kawachi and Kennedy lay out a convincing 
argument that  individualistic “intense positional competition feeds consumer 
culture” (p. 71), and that it is no accident that the US, which tolerates the 
greatest disparity of wealth and income, is also the home of most insatiable 
and voracious conspicuous consumption in the world. 

Susan Ladwig
MPH student
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

In a message dated 1/24/05 12:45:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
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hi all,

this stuff is really scary.  but its apace with the way the current regime 
things- which is that you are what you own..and the purpose of the state is 
buttress property rights (as opposed to assure the general well being of the 
citizenry.)  of course, anything that protects property rights makes sure that the 
class structure remains rigid and in place.  

in frists piece health care becomes a property right..and if you cant afford 
the property, you will have no rights to it..

but how much stuff does anyone need to own??  what is this intoxication with 
more and more property? (thats a rhetorical question...)

ken thompson
pittsburgh
-----Original Message-----
From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Matt 
Anderson
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:02 PM
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Subject: [SDOH] "Consumer-driven" medicine from the New England Journal


This week President Bush has sketched out his broad vision of an "ownership 
society."  This is code for a broad attack on many of the social programs in 
the US including Social Security, Welfare, Medicare and Public Education.  In 
this week's New England Journal of Medicine, US Senator William Frist applies 
this vision to health care with the concept of "Consumer Driven Health Care".  I 
am attaching a notation from the list-serve of the Physicians for a National 
Health Program (www.pnhp.org). 

I think it is important for our non-US friends to see the direction the 
ideological winds are blowing here.

Best,
Matt Anderson
www.socialmedicine.org

Sue

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