Opinion
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California Teacher Union Attacks Citizen Control of Schools
Opinion -The California Teachers Association (CTA) was sitting pretty just a few months ago. Last year, it achieved a statewide double-digit pay raise. -
Capitol Hill Beat
Opinion -Extensive Special Education Hearings Begin On April 18, the House Subcommittee on Education Reform held its first hearing pertaining to the scheduled 2002 reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). -
Bush Backs Federally Mandated Mental Health Insurance Parity
Opinion -President George W. Bush broke ranks with free-market supporters, the small business community, and Republican leaders in the House, endorsing legislation forcing health insurers to treat psychiatric and physical diseases equally. -
Kennedy and Clinton Launch Campaign for Government-Run Health Care
Opinion -Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) plans to introduce new health care legislation that would be cosponsored by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York). -
Tennessee Doctors Sue HMOs
Opinion -Alleging HMOs have created “shell games that avoid their contractual obligations,” the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) is suing Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, CIGNA, and UnitedHealthcare, charging them with unfair and deceptive business -
40 Percent of What?
Opinion -The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires the federal government to cover a share of special education costs. -
What Digital Divide?
Opinion -With two million new users being added each month, more than half of the nation now uses the Internet, and the much-decried “digital divide” is closing at a rapid rate, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Commerce. -
Ashcroft Rebuked in Oregon Court
Opinion -According to U.S. District Judge Robert Jones of Portland, Oregon, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is not the nation’s health care cop. -
Health Insurance Heartburn
Opinion -Our health care system has a very bad case of regulatory indigestion. After years of an indulging regulatory diet cooked up in both Democratic and Republican kitchens, health insurance heartburn is rising faster than you can say “pass the Rolaids. -
Education Next in Line for Deregulation
Opinion -Would quality rise or fall if K-12 education were deregulated and opened to choice and competition? The question is at the forefront of the school choice debate. -
Britain’s Million-Year Wait
Opinion -Britons were shocked recently by newspaper headlines saying there are now a million people on National Health Service (NHS) waiting lists. The figure means one in 60 British citizens are now waiting for medical treatment. -
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. -
Grassroots Succeed in Rewriting Minnesota MEHPA
Opinion -Minnesota citizens may soon experience medical martial law. -
Health Care Fight Returns
Opinion -The health care reform debate of the early 1990s didn’t end with the defeat of HillaryCare in 1993. It just went underground. -
Inflated Lunch Figures Foil Reform
Opinion -In the past, federal administrators from the National School Lunch Program have argued the program has little potential for abuse because “the worse that happens is a kid gets a free lunch.” But that’s not the case. -
Keeping Up or Falling Behind?
Opinion -Data from the American Federation of Teachers 2000 teacher salary survey show that, despite annual increases, the relative salaries teachers have declined over time. Nationally, a teacher’s average salary for 1999-2000 was $41,820, up 3. -
Missouri Court Limits HMO Ability to Control Costs
Opinion -There has always been tension among competing interests affected by managed care: for example, those interested in controlling health care costs, and those interested in providing easy access to health care services. -
School Vouchers Debated in New York
Opinion -More than one hundred people gathered at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York on April 4 to hear a debate on school vouchers organized by the director of the College’s Center for Catholic Studies, Professor Joseph A. -
The Friedman Report: School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Profile: Mr. Harper’s Murals “I’m a proponent of outstanding education,” says Russell Harper. He prefers to be known as an educator rather than an education reformer or a school choice advocate. -
FTC Urged to Hold Hearings on Tobacco Advertising
Opinion -May 29, 2002 The Honorable Donald S. Clark Secretary Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20580 Dear Secretary Clark: I am writing to voice my support for the request, submitted by U.S. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-2
Opinion -A Crushing Burden “The tort crisis,” writes Michael Freedman in the cover story of the May 13 issue of Forbes, “is really tomorrow’s news. -
Expect future global warming to be ‘minuscule’
Opinion -Managing Editor’s note: The following letter to the editor, reprinted here with permission, was submitted to the IEEE Spectrum (Forum) in response to “Capturing Climate Change,” a review paper on global warming written by Tekla S. -
Grassroots Activists Take on Rx Limits
Opinion -Grassroots activists converged on the capitol steps in Annapolis, Maryland on April 3 to protest the General Assembly’s consideration of measures that would restrict the availability of prescription drugs. -
Scully Defies Congressional Subpoena
Opinion -Tom Scully, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), defied a congressional subpoena to appear on April 10 before a House committee to discuss the effect of Medicare regulations on small businesses.