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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. -
Cloned Baby Claim Reopens Policy Debate
Opinion -On December 27, 2002, spokespersons for Clonaid claimed to have produced a 7-pound girl named Eve, born to a 31-year-old American woman outside the U.S. -
02/2003 State Legislative Update
Opinion -State Update Compiled and edited by Conrad F. Meier Managing Editor’s Note: With this issue, Health Care News is expanding its coverage of state-based health care news. -
02/2003 The Galen Report
Opinion -President George W. -
Reports of More Icebergs Are Misleading
Opinion -Contrary to opinions held by some researchers, a new analysis of more than 20 years of historical data has found no evidence that the increasing number of large icebergs off Antarctica’s coasts is a result of global warming trends. -
New York Times Calls for Return of DDT
Opinion -By virtually all accounts, the New York Times is one of the most liberal mainstream newspapers in the United States. That is why a house editorial in the December 22 edition has created quite a stir. -
ALEC Issues Report Card on U.S. Education
Opinion -In October 2002, the American Legislative Exchange Council released its ninth edition of the Report Card on American Education: A State-by-State Analysis, 1976-2001. Written by Andrew T. LeFevre and Rea S. Hederman Jr. -
The Cost of Producing a Proficient Student
Opinion -Fourth grade marks the point that proficient students stop learning to read, and start reading to learn. -
Summer Institute Offered for High School Teachers
Opinion -For the past two summers, the Bill of Rights Institute has conducted a week-long professional development course on the Bill of Rights for high school teachers of U.S. history and government. -
Pennsylvania Walkout Averted
Opinion -Forty-two doctors in Pennsylvania agreed to call off their planned walkout after incoming Governor Ed Rendell (D) promised to fight for $220 million in aid for doctors to help pay for their malpractice insurance premiums. -
Galen Institute Launches Center for Consumer Driven Health Care
Opinion -Alexandria, VA--Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, announced on January 7 that Greg Scandlen, a long-time advocate for patient empowerment and an expert in health care financing, has joined the institute as director of its new Center -
02/2003 The Friedman Report: State Roundup
Opinion -Arkansas * Louisiana * New York * Oklahoma Rhode Island * Utah * Wisconsin ARKANSAS Opponents Will Consider Voucher Bill Even voucher opponents indicated they would consider a bill filed for the upcoming legislative session by Arkansas House -
Appeals Court Upholds Clinton ‘Roadless Rule’
Opinion -On December 12, 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the most liberal and frequently overruled appellate court in the country, put more than 58 million acres, or nearly half of America’s national forests, effectively off-limits to U.S. -
DC Schools Chief Blasts Scholarship Program
Opinion -Privately funded scholarship programs that give low-income families access to private schools in Washington, DC dupe black mothers into sending their children to “inferior Catholic schools” that are no better than the public school system, the -
Don’t Abandon One-way Streets!
Opinion -The latest fad among urban planners is to convert one-way streets to two-way streets. The goal, they say, is to slow down traffic and make streets more pedestrian-friendly.