Did socialism kill in France? Virginia Postrel posts here and here on how France's socialism (must ... take ... vacation ... in ... August ... even ... if ... grandma ... broils) likely contributed to the heat-related death toll. Virginia also offers a wise disclaimer: "I was not referring to the French health care system, which I know little about, but to the general structure of society, economy, and government." But it's possible the health care system was culpable for some of those deaths, as this op-ed by Grace-Marie Turner of the free-market Galen Institue points out. (We ran this in the Review-Journal but didn't own the Web rights.) Money quote: Now we learn that the health care system is micromanaged by the government, even to the point of determining whether there can be air conditioning in hospitals.
Sophisticated ventilation systems are widely available and in use in the United States that can filter contaminants out of the air. The government may ...
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