Opinion
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Bush FDA Nominee Stirs Controversy
Opinion -President George W. Bush is traveling a bumpy road as he tries to fill the position of FDA commissioner, which has been vacant since Commissioner Jane Henney resigned in January 2001. -
03/2002: The Pulse
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State Legislative Update
Opinion -Arizona Gov. Jane Hull (R) predicted spending on some programs for poor residents could exceed the state’s ability to pay. -
U.S. HMO Beats Britain’s NHS
Opinion -U.K. Chancellor Gordon Brown took new Labour's biggest gamble when he said the way to give Britain a "world-class" health service is to increase future taxes. -
When it Comes to Health Care, You Can Insure a Burning House
Opinion -Jane is 58 years old and lives in Florida. She saved up a significant retirement nest egg and decided to take early retirement. Even though she was offered COBRA continuation coverage, she did not act on it. -
Failings of Canadian Health Care Hit Close to Home
Opinion -Thirty years ago I was dating a young doctor who was experiencing severe back pain. At the time, the “Papaya Treatment” was in vogue, and the place to get it done was St. James Hospital in Toronto, Canada. -
NAHU Brings Free-Market Message to Capitol Hill
Opinion -The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) held its 12th annual Capitol Conference on February 2-5 in the shadow of the nation's capitol. -
03/2002: The Galen Report
Opinion -The contrast between modern consumer-oriented ideas to reform the health care system and tired centralized-control models came into sharp contrast again recently. Senator Ted Kennedy, sadly, is dredging up failed ideas from the past. -
Good News and Bad in State of the Union Address
Opinion -Following President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address, delivered on January 29, there’s been a whirlwind of news about the administration's health policy initiatives. -
A Proposal to Create Personal and Portable Insurance in Texas
Opinion -Managing editor’s note: In the February 2002 issue of Health Care News, we presented a discussion of Texas’ uninsured problem written by John C. Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis. -
Air quality improvements contradict call for new regs
Opinion -America's air quality continues to get better, with particularly strong progress in the Chicago area. -
Vouchers Dramatically Improve Milwaukee Public Schools
Opinion -As Milwaukee families were given new access to vouchers and other education options in the late 1990s, students in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) were not "left behind," as voucher opponents predicted. -
English Health Care: Not Your Cup of Tea: Part 2 in a series
Opinion -An Englishman I met while in Sheffield was most colorful when I asked him to describe the National Health Service (NHS). In a printable response he said, simply, "Hobson's Choice. -
Canadian Health Care Fails Five Ways
Opinion -Canadians demand certain basic characteristics in a health care system. They speak of the “five principles” of the Canada Health Act: public administration, accessibility, portability, comprehensiveness, and universality. -
Judge blocks logging of burned trees
Opinion -Market-friendly environmentalists suffered a second defeat as a federal district judge on January 8 blocked a Bush administration decision to allow logging on more than 40,000 acres of burned trees in Montana's Bitterroot National Forest. -
Bush announces hydrogen-cell automobile initiative
Opinion -The Bush administration will provide massive new funding to encourage American automobile manufacturers to research and develop hydrogen fuel cell cars, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced January 9 at the Detroit auto show. -
Bush brothers sign landmark Everglades agreement
Opinion -President George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush on January 10 signed an agreement ensuring that water captured under a $7.8 million Everglades restoration program will be allocated primarily for ecosystem purposes. -
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. -
HHS Releases $200 Million Bioterrorism Funds
Opinion -Health and Human Services (HHS) released the first $200 million of a $1. -
High-Risk Pools Insure the Uninsurable
Opinion -Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S.—about 1 percent of the population—suffer from pre-existing medical conditions that make it likely their future medical expenses will be extremely high. -
HIPAA Ushers in New Era in Health Data Security
Opinion -According to health industry analysts, compliance with new privacy and security rules passed as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will cost the nation’s health-related businesses some $43 billion. -
Japan withdraws from Kyoto treaty
Opinion -The Japanese government began the new year by shocking observers with the news it will not abide by the Kyoto protocol. -
Local community split on Yucca Mountain site
Opinion -Congressional Democrats and Nevada politicians of both parties have generally opposed the selection of Yucca Mountain for the permanent storage of America's spent nuclear fuel. -
Supreme Court Narrows Reach of ADA
Opinion -On January 8, 2002, the United States Supreme Court reached a landmark decision in the ongoing “debate over definitions” that is the Americans with Disabilities Act. In Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., v.