Opinion
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Peter Jennings’ Bitter Mistakes
Opinion -On May 29, ABC aired an hour-long attack on the nation’s pharmaceutical industry masquerading as an objective documentary. -
Medicare Is Losing Talent
Opinion -A growing number of U.S. physicians are refusing to accept new Medicare patients, and some physicians are withdrawing from Medicare altogether. The reason: Medicare’s complex system of administrative pricing is cutting physician reimbursements by 5. -
Medicare’s Problems Affect Vets
Opinion -The challenges faced by the veterans health care system have been compounded by Medicare’s continuing crisis. Many private doctors, frustrated by low reimbursement rates, are refusing to accept new Medicare patients, including elderly veterans. -
Health Care Market Disrupted in Kansas
Opinion -State insurance officials have established a task force to find out why insurance companies are leaving Kansas and what can be done about it. -
08/2002: State Legislative Update
Opinion -ARIZONA Arizona’s Premium Sharing Program, a pilot program covering the cost of physician visits and medicines for low-income and chronically ill residents, has stopped accepting new applicants because of budget cuts. -
08/2002: The Galen Report
Opinion -As Congress investigates the investigators about what intelligence the FBI and CIA had before the September 11 attacks, we see rising concern about our lack of preparedness for the next potential attack with biological weapons. -
Medicaid Rebates on Front Burner
Opinion -On July 23, the U.S. Senate voted down both Democrat- and Republican-backed bills that would have added a comprehensive prescription drug benefit to Medicare, most likely postponing any action on the long-debated program until 2003. -
Spending on Public Schools Soars
Opinion -Although lawmakers are frequently criticized for not spending enough on public education, recently published statistics from the U.S. -
Schaffer Introduces Tuition Tax Credit Proposal
Opinion -Last year’s No Child Left Behind Act gave parents new accountability tools to keep informed about their children’s schools. -
SRN Just the Facts: Public Education Revenues Hit $400 Billion
Opinion -Total taxpayer funds flowing into public schools in the United States increased 24.5 percent over a five-year period, reaching in 2001-02 an estimated $405.8 billion: $8,529 per pupil, $135,791 per teacher. -
Paige Calls for Overhaul of Teacher Certification
Opinion -Armed with a new report showing states generally set low academic standards for entry into the teaching profession, U.S. -
Voucher ‘Experiments’ Don’t Test Competition
Opinion -Revolution at the Margins by Frederick Hess (The Brookings Institution, 2002 268 pages, $18. -
Government land acquisition: Socialism by a landslide
Opinion -If put to a vote, Americans would likely reject socialism by a substantial majority. -
Did Shark Victim ‘Get What He Had Coming’?
Opinion -A young Australian man was recently killed and eaten by a 20-foot-long great white shark while diving for scallops at Smokey Bay on the Australian West Coast. -
Wildfires Rage across the West!
Opinion -Wildfires are raging across several Western states this summer, quickly rendering 2000’s Year of the Wildfire a mere prelude to this year’s more widespread and more destructive blazes. -
Was pre-Columbia America really wilderness?
Opinion -As Henry Lamb mentions in the accompanying story, many environmentalists believe we should restore the land to a state of “pre-Columbian wilderness.” But was pre-Columbian America really a wilderness? -
IRS Backs Free-Market Health Care
Opinion -A federal tax opinion issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on June 26 is expected to encourage employers nationwide to adopt a type of consumer-driven health insurance that gives consumers greater control over medical expenditures. -
New Efforts Underway to Inject Competition into Medicare
Opinion -In 2001, efforts to build momentum for further privatization in the federal Medicare program came up short. The existing Medicare+Choice (M+C) program was plagued by withdrawals and service reductions by private health plans. -
Virginians Ponder Choice as Next Stage in School Reform
Opinion -RICHMOND—The federal No Child Left Behind Act will reinforce a “quiet revolution” in how qualified teachers are being recruited to K-12 classrooms, the Director of Teacher Quality and Public School Choice for the U.S. -
School Choice for Me, But Not for Thee
Opinion -President George W. Bush’s Fiscal 2003 budget calls for a $50 million school choice demonstration project and an education tax credit for parents whose children are trapped in failing schools. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -A sampling of education industry news from The Education Economy, a weekly publication of the market research firm Eduventures, Inc., which conducts research on the pre-K-12, post-secondary, corporate training, and consumer markets worldwide. -
‘Campaign ExxonMobil’ runs out of energy
Opinion -Protestors hoping to give ExxonMobil Corporation a public relations black eye for not backing their anti-energy agenda found themselves being shamed at the company’s annual shareholder meeting May 29 in Dallas. -
Suckers for junk science?
Opinion -On May 12, 2002, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a Federal Register notice rejecting petitions I had filed to remove from the Endangered Species List two species of sucker fish found in the Klamath Basin. -
Scientist testifies against 55 mph speed limit
Opinion -Dr. Kenneth Green, chief scientist for the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation, testified on June 5 before the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Committee regarding the state’s mandatory 55-mile-per-hour speed limit.