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Court Blocks Oil Recovery, Indian Whaling
Opinion -Also in December 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made two other controversial rulings affecting environmental laws. -
‘Bounty’ Funding Pushes More Kids into Special Ed
Opinion -Does the prospect of getting more money--a “bounty”--for each extra special education student persuade some educators to identify more children as disabled? -
Glad You Asked!
Opinion -The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) give parents options for transferring their children out of schools needing improvement to better-performing public school. On December 4, the U.S. -
Table: State-by-State Cost Per Proficient Fourth-Grade Reader
Opinion -Cost Per ProficientFourth-Grade Reader State NAEP Student Achievement: % scoring at or above proficient in Grade 4 reading (1998) % Annual Current Expenditure Per Pupil (1997-98) $ Cost to Produce a Proficient Fourth-Grader in 1998 ($ x 5)/% -
Private Schools Don’t Skim the Best Disabled Students
Opinion -Despite several studies demonstrating such claims to be false, critics of school vouchers continue to claim private schools would skim the best students from public schools, leaving public schools to handle all the difficult-to-educate students. -
02/2003 The Friedman Report: An Educator’s Journey
Opinion -Dr. Alberta Wilson had become emotionally drained. -
Taking the Parent out of the National PTA:an exclusive interview with Charlene K. Haar
Opinion -“PTA parents in general are concerned about what’s happening at their local schools, and the PTA leadership at the local schools deserves a great deal of praise: They do all of the work and raise all of the money that supports the state organization as -
College Vouchers Could Provide Model for K-12
Opinion -Instead of paying more than $460 million to Colorado’s colleges and universities to provide a hidden subsidy for the tuition charged to the state’s 200,000 students, a nine-member blue-ribbon panel appointed by Governor Bill Owens has proposed giving -
Congress Should Make MSAs Permanent
Opinion -The Medical Savings Account (MSA) pilot project, created by provisions in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2003. -
Health Care Spending in 2001: What the Study Found
Opinion -Hospital Care Hospital spending in 2001 reached more than $451 billion. Between 1999 and 2000, the quantity of services used per patient increased by 2.2 percent; between 2000 and 2001, the rate of increase was 4.2 percent. -
Massachusetts Effort to Tax Prescriptions Leads to Chaos
Opinion -A new tax on prescription drugs has come under heavy criticism from pharmacists, insurers, and consumer advocates. An estimated 55 million prescriptions will be subject to a tax of $1. -
Association Group Health Insurance Sparks Controversy
Opinion -Health insurance premiums are going up by double-digit rates for the third year in a row, and some workers and employers are seeing increases of 30, 40, and even 50 percent. -
States Use HIFA Waivers to Expand Private Insurance
Opinion -Waivers granted through the Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability (HIFA) initiative give state officials an opportunity to expand health care coverage to the uninsured and help individuals and families escape crumbling public health programs -
A Health Care Reform Agenda: Desirable Federal Changes
Opinion -John McClaughry is president of the Ethan Allen Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization based in Vermont. -
U.S. Spent $1.4 Trillion on Health Care in 2001
Opinion -Americans spent an unprecedented $1. -
Table: U.S. Spending on Health Care, 1980-2001
Opinion -U.S. Spending on Health Care, 1980-2001 Item 1980 1988 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Amount in Billions National Health Expenditures $245.8 $558.1 $696.0 $888.1 $937.2 $990.1 $1,039.4 $1,092.7 $1,150.0 $1,219.7 $1,310. -
America Talks Health Care
Opinion -Tax credits and Medical Savings Accounts took center stage at the Bush administration’s first “Talk to Tommy” public forum on health care, held December 10, 2002 in Minneapolis. -
What Is the Kyoto Protocol?
Opinion -The Kyoto Protocol on global warming is an amendment to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more popularly known as the Rio Treaty. -
Pennsylvania Offers Blueprint for Environmental Protection
Opinion -Can state governments protect the environment without relying on command-and-control regulation? Do public-private ventures and voluntary programs really work? -
Bush Pushes Healthy Forests after Congressional Inaction
Opinion -With Congress failing to act on his Healthy Forests Initiative, President George W. Bush on December 11 announced a proposal to streamline fire-prevention initiatives in the nation’s forests. -
Utah Fails to Block Goshute Nuclear Storage Facility
Opinion -The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on December 18 rejected the State of Utah’s appeal to prevent the Goshute Indian Tribe from storing spent nuclear fuel on its western Utah reservation. -
Keeping Track of Advocacy Groups in Education
Opinion -Since K-12 education is not only one of the most important sectors in the U.S. -
Long-Term Care Needs Attention
Opinion -Most Americans would be caught completely unprepared if they or a loved one were faced with a medical crisis that required long-term care. One out of five Americans over the age of 50 is at risk of needing long-term care in the next 12 months. -
02/2003 Scandlen at Large: It’s Up to Us
Opinion -Health care reform is going to be the biggest domestic issue in 2003. The private sector keeps developing new financing options, while financially strapped state governments are in a crisis over the rising costs of Medicaid and state employee benefits.
