Opinion
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09/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -Lots of people are making the connection that MSAs are a better way to empower patients than are lawsuits after someone is dead or injured. The Florida Times-Union argues the PBOR is actually a “trial lawyers’ bill of rights. -
States and the Patients’ Bill of Rights
Opinion -"We are very concerned about federal pre-emption of our state law, which is working well for the citizens of Ohio. Federal pre-emption is not necessary," said J. -
Undoing the Wrong Things You Done
Opinion -Since I began writing on health care social policy, I have tried hard to give the benefit of the doubt to those who claim to stand on high moral ground in defense of their intentions to provide for the “greater social good. -
New Medicaid Reform Empowers States
Opinion -President George W. Bush has a plan to extend Medicaid coverage to more people . . . without spending more money. -
Snookered Again
Opinion -Most physicians are wonderful people. They are super intelligent, ethical, and brave. They take upon themselves the burden of deciding matters of life and death. And not just in some abstract, theoretical way, but down and dirty where the blood is. -
Union Called Shots on Democrats’ Agenda
Opinion -Although then-Vice President Al Gore last year emphatically denied that he opposed school vouchers to reward labor unions that helped finance his party and his campaign, campaign documents show labor union leaders had "effective veto power" over -
Bruce Babbitt becomes ‘wild and scenic’ developer
Opinion -The Clinton administration's Secretary of Interior and environmentalist icon, one-time Colorado Governor Bruce Babbitt, has changed both his career and its direction. -
Central planning dooms ‘smart growth’ strategies
Opinion -Imagine that almost every city, county, town, and village in the United States has at least one communist on its staff--not a secret communist infiltrator, but someone whose job title is Communist, whose job description is to implement communism in -
Charter School Update
Opinion -At its annual Representative Assembly in Los Angeles in July, the National Education Association adopted a new policy on charter schools that would force charters to operate much like traditional public schools . . . -
Dodging the Patient’s Bill of Rights
Opinion -Members of Congress and representatives of federal employee organizations are trying to get out from under the “patients’ bill of rights” legislation. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -Advantage Schools Taken Over On July 3, Mosaica Education, Inc., a charter school management firm, announced it acquired Advantage Schools, a manager of education institutions. -
Environmental protection through free-market principles
Opinion -Kathleen Benedetto is program director of the National Wilderness Institute (NWI). -
Health Care in England: Not Your Cup of Tea: Introduction
Opinion -It is one thing to read about the National Health Care System (NHS) in England as reported by our mainstream media. It is quite different to experience first-hand how most English citizens have been trapped in a failing single-payer health care system. -
Health Care News Well-Represented at Cato Conference
Opinion -The Cato Institute’s July 31 conference, Making A Federal Case Out of Health Care: Five Years of HIPAA, offered panelists and audience members alike a tightly focused day-long program examining the many aspects of five years under the rule of HIPAA law. -
HHS Initiative Reaches Uninsured, Stays Budget Neutral
Opinion -HHS Secretary Tommy G. -
House subcommittee resurrects ‘Land Grab’ bill
Opinion -The House Resources Committee on June 20 attempted to revive a $1.3 billion proposal for the government to buy up and set aside privately owned lands. -
How SF Parents Saved Edison School
Opinion -After parents rejected a bid by Edison Schools, Inc. -
Imaginary Evidence Plagues Parental Choice Debate
Opinion -K-12 education reform is the nation's top political issue. -
NEA Members Rate Vouchers ‘Not Important’
Opinion -Although teacher union president Bob Chase delivers an obligatory voucher denunciation in most of his public speeches, a remarkable 61 percent of his members do not consider it important for the union to speak out on the issue of school vouchers, -
New Study Says Medical Errors Are Overstated
Opinion -In the March 2001 issue of Health Care News, we reported “as many as 98,000 Americans are dying each year as a result of medical errors. -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -Alaska California Illinois Kentucky Louisiana Maryland New York Ohio Texas Wisconsin Standardized Tests Reveal Grading Gap At its annual convention in July, the National Education Association approved a resolution declaring the -
Timeline: Stem Cell Research Debate
Opinion -November 1998 — University of Wisconsin scientists publish their discovery of human embryonic stem cells. August 23, 2000 — National Institutes of Health issues final guidelines for funding stem cell research. -
The Defined Contribution Health Benefit: A Practical Primer
Opinion -A defined contribution approach to health care creates a new, more sustainable financial framework for an employer seeking to provide its employees with health benefits and purchase health plan coverage. -
Missouri Chamber Launches Innovative Approach to Small Group Insurance
Opinion -Leave it to the Show Me State to lead the way with ground-breaking health care insurance solutions using market-based principles.
