Opinion
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House Takeover Could Bring Greater Oversight of Obamacare Implementation
Opinion -The Republican takeover of the House of Representatives, fueled in part by frustration over President Obama’s health care law, could mean the implemention of the overhaul will face expanded oversight in the next Congress. -
Obamacare CER Institute Seen as Threat to Innovation
Opinion -While experts continue to debate the coming impact of President Obama’s health care law, one aspect is entering the spotlight: Its impact on health care innovation, particularly the ramifications of the creation of a comparative effectiveness -
Expected Lame Duck Doc Fix Prompts Calls for Transparency
Opinion -A coalition of grassroots organizations led by Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is urging Congress to pair a transparency requirement to the so-called doc fix, the annual bill which avoids lowering taxpayer-funded payments to doctors. -
Insights from Aviation Offered for Health Care Safety
Opinion -Estimates by the National Institutes of Health have found nearly 100,000 people die in doctors’ offices and hospitals each year due to medical errors. -
Study: Conflict-of-Interest Rules Endanger Medical Progress, Cures
Opinion -A new study finds overly broad conflict-of-interest (COI) rules create barriers between science and commerce that prevent the sharing of information necessary for the kinds of medical discoveries and treatments that have steadily improved quality of life. -
NYC Fat Attack Ads Challenged as Unscientific
Opinion -The New York City Health Department has come under fire for creating a taxpayer-funded propaganda campaign with the message that a can of soda each day “can make you 10 pounds fatter a year,” a conclusion with little scientific support. -
Certificate-of-Need Law Hampers North Carolina Breast Cancer Hospital
Opinion -A women’s breast cancer hospital in Asheville, North Carolina has resorted to “begging” for a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, thanks to a law called “certificate of need. -
Health Care Entitlements and Fiscal Future Debated
Opinion -At an event in Milwaukee hosted by the Concord Coalition, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and former Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern met to discuss the fiscal future of the United States in a debate which focused on health care reform. -
Texas Considers Withdrawing from Medicaid
Opinion -The rising cost forecast for Medicaid in the coming years has some Texas legislators questioning whether their state would be better off opting out of the system entirely. -
Unlikely Allies Tackle Wasteful Spending
Opinion -From taxes to the environment, liberals and conservatives have reached little common ground in the last few months, but one issue has brought two groups from across the aisle together in agreement: wasteful spending by the federal government. -
School District Settles Webcam Spying Case
Opinion -Just how much is a student’s privacy rights worth?For Blake Robbins, a student in Pennsylvania, the price is $175,000. That’s how much he received in a civil rights suit settlement after being secretly videotaped by his school. -
FCC: Wireless Mics Can Use White Space
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission has voted to keep available the “white spaces” portion of TV spectrum used by wireless microphones and similar devices. -
Maine, West Virginia Get Windfall from Broadband Fund
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission recently increased the E-Rate fund by $22.5 million for 2011. -
Taxman Comes for Online Hotel Booking
Opinion -Municipalities seeking to boost revenues to cover budget shortfalls caused by overspending are setting their sights on online booking companies such as Orbitz and Expedia. -
Texas Schools Use Cattle Tracking Technology on Children
Opinion -In what education and civil liberties groups are calling another large step for Big Brother, some Texas schools are employing student identification badges equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. -
‘Multi-Stream’ Media on Rise, Filling News Gaps
Opinion -In 1997, Henry Payne, the political cartoonist for the Detroit News and editor of TheMichiganView.com, was in Washington DC for a press conference on the international agreement on climate change called the Kyoto Protocol. -
NPR Strongly Criticized for Williams Firing
Opinion -The firing of journalist Juan Williams by National Public Radio for his comments about being “worried” and “nervous” seeing people in Muslim garb while flying is something that impacts all Americans, said Wall Street Journal -
California Voters May Repeal Greenhouse Gas Restrictions
Opinion -California voters are evenly split on Proposition 23, a ballot initiative that would suspend the state’s greenhouse gas reduction, according to a poll released September 24 by the Los Angeles Times and the University of Southern California. -
FDA Delays Decision on Use of Breast Cancer Drug
Opinion -Members of President Barack Obama’s administration almost uniformly support a woman's “right to choose” an abortion. -
Report: Administration PR for Health Care Bill Was ‘Propaganda’
Opinion -A new report from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) blasts the Obama administration, charging it has engaged in an “unprecedented” propaganda effort to sell the president’s health care policies. -
Texas Doctors Balk at Medicaid Fee Cutback
Opinion -Texas doctors are threatening to stop accepting Medicaid in response to the 1 percent cutback in provider fees that began September 1, and their ongoing frustrations with the Medicaid reimbursement system.Dr. Arthur Garson Jr. -
HHS Grants $46 Million to States to Target Insurers
Opinion -Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced 45 states and the District of Columbia will receive one million dollars each toward improving health insurance oversight. -
North Carolina Raw Milk Proponents Fight Laws Forcing Them Underground
Opinion -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and several state governments are clashing with consumers seeking to purchase an illicit substance they say they just can’t live without: Raw milk. -
Deconstructing the Latest Health Care Fad: Accountable Care Organizations
Opinion -The President’s health care reform bill includes numerous pilot projects and demonstration programs designed to test ways of lowering health care spending and improving quality.