Opinion
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How to Reduce the Risk of Nutritional Diseases – Last in a Series
Opinion -The United States is experiencing an epidemic of diseases related to poor nutrition. Rates of heart disease, stroke, type-2 diabetes, and obesity are all rising rapidly. -
Washington Farm Bureau to File Petition Similar to Oregon’s
Opinion -Undaunted by the circuit court ruling in Oregon, the Washington Farm Bureau is drafting a similar voter initiative for Oregon's northern neighbor. -
Voters Reject Solar-Powered Housing Development
Opinion -Voters in Livermore, California on November 8 rejected an initiative that would have allowed construction of the nation's largest solar-powered community. -
Editorial: Rogue Nation Has Become Consensus Builder
Opinion -The year was 2001, and George Bush, reflecting a 95-0 U.S. Senate vote against the Kyoto Protocol during former president Bill Clinton's last term in office, definitively rejected U.S. participation in the Kyoto Protocol. -
Opponents Question Costs of Illinois All Kids Program
Opinion -In October 2005, Illinois became the nation's first state to offer government health insurance to all children regardless of family income. Gov. -
RIP: Lee Tooman, Leading Proponent of Consumer-Driven Health Care
Opinion -Lee D. Tooman Jr., vice president of government relations for Golden Rule Insurance Company, passed away on October 26, 2005 following a long and courageous struggle with cancer. He was 52. -
Demand Growing for Corporate Practice of Medicine
Opinion -Americans often find themselves taking half a day off from work and waiting an hour in a physician's office, only to see a doctor for 10 minutes. And the primary reason people see a doctor is for access to prescription drugs. -
Analysis: Senate Budget Bill Would Increase Medicare Red Tape
Opinion -New reimbursement reporting and compliance rules for physicians participating in Medicare went into effect on January 1 as part of the budget reconciliation bill that passed the House on December 19. -
Analysis: Avian Flu Virus Requires Calm, Educated Concern
Opinion -The scare of the day--if not the entire coming year--is the avian flu virus. Is the fear exaggerated? Yes. Should we be cautiously concerned? Yes. Are the United States and the world properly prepared for the worst-case scenario? No. -
Governor’s Woes Strain Trust
Opinion -The sketchiness of Illinois' "All Kids" legislation and the way it was rushed through during the legislature's brief veto session were major complaints of opponents. "We need to ask ourselves, 'What's the hurry?'" said Sen. Chris Lauzen (R-Aurora). -
Documentary Exposes Reality of Canadian Health Care
Opinion -On the Fence Films, founded by technology entrepreneur Stuart E. -
Advertisement: CMSA Conference and Expo Scheduled for June
Opinion -The 16th Annual Case Management Society of America (CMSA) Conference and Expo will be held in Grapevine, Texas on June 13-17, 2006, at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center. -
Alito Nomination Favored by School Choice Advocates
Opinion -President George W. Bush's current nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Samuel Alito, has a record on school choice that advocates find encouraging. -
British Prime Minister Blair Turning Away from Kyoto
Opinion -In an editorial published in a leading British newspaper and in comments at a meeting of environmental ministers from the world's leading economies, British Prime Minister Tony Blair distanced himself from the Kyoto Protocol and supported the -
California Voters Reject Education Reforms
Opinion -In a California special election on November 8, a slate of four education reform initiatives--all of which would have affected the future of the state's beleaguered K-12 schools--were rejected by voters. -
Commentary: Lawmakers Call for Medicare Drug Entitlement Delay
Opinion -Delay the Medicare drug benefit: That's what Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Rep. Jeff Flake (R- AZ), Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), and several other members of the U.S. House and Senate urged their colleagues and taxpayers to do before the end of 2005. -
Congress Moves to Protect Property Owners
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives on November 3 overwhelmingly voted to use the power of the purse to dissuade state and local governments from using eminent domain power to take private property for the purpose of economic development. -
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Global Warming Suit
Opinion -A federal appellate court has rejected a request by environmental activist groups and several northeastern states to revisit a court decision holding the U.S. -
Future of Coal Is Green, Say Montana and West Virginia
Opinion -Championing clean coal technology as America's power source of choice for the twenty-first century, U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) is lobbying American Electric Power (AEP) to locate a proposed state-of-the-art clean coal power plant in West Virginia. -
Governments Address Kelo Backlash
Opinion -State and local governments are responding to a groundswell of citizen outrage over the U.S. Supreme Court's June 23, 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London. -
HSAs Can Help the Uninsured, Study Says
Opinion -The first academic research on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) has just been published in the November/December issue of Health Affairs, a publication respected by many within the health policy establishment who often have been naysayers regarding the -
In the News
Opinion -Muscatine, Iowa Muni Broadband Forecasts $1.7M Shortfall in 2006 In December, Muscatine (Iowa) Power & Water (MP&W) forecast a net loss of $1. -
Job Cuts in Pharma Industry Up 150 Percent
Opinion -In November, pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co. announced it would cut 7,000 jobs by 2008 and would close or sell five of its 31 manufacturing facilities. -
Judge Upholds Yellowstone Snowmobile Compromise
Opinion -Snowmobiles are returning to the Yellowstone and Grant Teton national parks this winter following an October 14 decision by Judge Clarence Brimmer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.