Opinion
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New Jersey’s Health Insurance Disaster
Opinion -This is the story of how one state, New Jersey, destroyed its private individual health insurance market in the name of “health care reform.” It is a cautionary lesson to elected officials and policy analysts around the country. -
Nobel to Expand into Southern California
Opinion -A few days before posting record third-quarter revenues from its current operations, the nation's largest non-sectarian operator of private schools, Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. -
Patients Rights? Try Prisoners Rights
Opinion -It may sound healthy, this debate we're hearing in Washington over a "Patients’ Bill of Rights." But it's like listening to prisoners clamor for better food and more yard time. No matter what the outcome, they're still prisoners. -
President issues national energy plan
Opinion -President Bush on May 17 announced a comprehensive energy program designed to provide long-term solutions to the nation’s current energy woes. -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -Arizona Keegan to Head Education Leaders Council In May, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Education Lisa Graham Keegan announced her plans to step down from her elected state post to become chief executive of the Washington, DC-based -
Study: Student-Centered Learning Ineffective
Opinion -A recent evaluation of a class-size reduction program in Wisconsin has concluded that teacher-centered learning is clearly more effective than student-centered learning. -
Taking a Fresh Look at Special Education
Opinion -If early signs are predictive, the bipartisanship President George W. -
Wrong Prescription for High Drug Prices
Opinion -One of the Clinton-Gore administration’s final acts before leaving office was to launch a campaign to demonize the nation’s pharmaceutical industry. -
Single-Payer Health Care Would Enslave a Nation
Opinion -Single-payer health care systems are frequently proposed as the solution to the problem of the uninsured. In theory, such arrangements would guarantee that all citizens have a health insurance policy. -
Health Tax Credits Would Supplement Employment-Based Coverage
Opinion -A number of legislative proposals on Capitol Hill would provide uninsured workers with a tax credit to help them purchase health insurance. -
Minnesota Adopts New HMO Treatment Guidelines
Opinion -The “managed” in managed care has taken a new turn, as Minnesota’s five major managed care organizations recently agreed to jointly develop comprehensive treatment guidelines for patient care. -
Is Kyoto dead?
Opinion -Well before President George W. Bush's decision to forego controls on carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, many supporters of the Global Climate Treaty had expressed doubts about the targets and timetables of the Kyoto Protocol. -
Proposed regulation will curtail snowmobile use
Opinion -The National Park Service's proposal to close Rocky Mountain National Park to snowmobiles except for a two-mile stretch of the North Supply Creek Access Trail is unjustified, according to a public interest comment submitted to the agency by the Mercatus -
The real story behind Europe’s support of Kyoto
Opinion -When EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman announced to the press in March that President George W. -
Catholic Schools Serve Low-Income Children in LA
Opinion -Los Angeles Catholic schools serving low-income and minority children have a much lower dropout rate (3 percent) than the city's public schools (22 percent) and send a greater proportion of their students to college, according to a new study from the San -
Panelists say access to federal lands could cure energy woes
Opinion -Any national energy policy adopted by the federal government should allow increased development of energy resources on federal lands, urged a gathering of western governors and industry experts at a House Resources Committee hearing held March 7. -
06/2001: The Galen Report
Opinion -Health Policy Consensus Group Efforts The Bush administration continues to work on its initiative to provide tax credits for the uninsured, and members of the Health Policy Consensus Group are providing advice and data to assist them with -
Private Sector Leads the Way for Defined Contributions
Opinion -The Charlotte Business Journal recently reported the founding of Empowered Benefits, a Charlotte, North Carolina firm headed by Robert Dawson, formerly with Aetna and Advica Health Resources. -
Bipartisan Health Care Brewing
Opinion -Lost amid the "Goldie Locks" talk about President George W. Bush's tax cut proposal—"is it too big, too small, or just right"—is another tax proposal built on a bipartisan foundation. -
Single Payer: Neither Simple Nor Smart
Opinion -Let's start with three facts. First, patients are unhappy and growing unhappier with the nation's medical care system. They want changes. Second, there are plenty of proposals out there. -
States Move Ahead of Congress on Rx Drug Fix
Opinion -While Congress debates and discusses, the nation’s 50 laboratories of democracy are pushing ahead with their own plans to address the issue of affordable access to prescription drugs. -
06/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -Consumer-Driven Health Care Takes OffThe defined contribution approach is increasingly being called "consumer-driven," which shifts the focus away from employer payment and toward the role of the worker/patient. -
Bush Repeals OSHA Ergonomics Mandate
Opinion -In a private ceremony on March 20, President George W. -
Market-Based Trends Noted
Opinion -One of the “perks” I receive as managing editor is the opportunity to review pending legislation. Some folks might view this activity as about as interesting as watching dandelions bloom in the lawn.