Opinion
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Upton Named Chair of House Energy & Commerce Committee
Opinion -Rep. Fred Upton will head the Energy and Commerce Committee when the U.S. House reconvenes with a newly elected Republican majority in January 2011. Upton will replace Rep. Henry Waxman (D-NY). -
FCC Commissioner Copps Proposes ‘Public Values Test’
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Disputes Remain in Comcast/NBCU Merger
Opinion -Comcast and NBCU executives met with Federal Communications Commission officials to discuss applying online distribution conditions to the proposed joint venture between the cable giant and the broadcast content provider. -
Residents Battle Building of New York Cell Tower
Opinion -Verizon Wireless recently approached the Town of Irondequoit, New York for a zoning variance to build a new cell tower–¬and was surprised by the reaction its proposal received. -
LaHood Seeks Automotive ‘Kill Switch’ for Cell Phones
Opinion -U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is considering mandating technology that would automatically disable cell phones in cars. -
Court Rules Against Zoning Board in Pennsylvania Tower Dispute
Opinion -A ruling in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has cleared the way for the case of Liberty Towers, LLC v. Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of Lower Makefield to proceed to trial. -
It Is Time to Trust the States with Environmental Protection
Opinion -In early 1968 there was a desperate need for our nation to understand the degree to which our citizens were unwittingly befouling our beautiful Earth’s air, water, and soil. -
Obama Ignores Voters’ Repudiation of Health-Care Bill
Opinion -President Obama clearly doesn’t get it. His post-election news conference showed he believes his health-care policy agenda was correct and may only need a bit of “tweaking. -
What’s the Next Step for Health Care Reform?
Opinion -The new, Republican-majority House of Representatives will likely attempt to repeal Obamacare, a move which will undoubtedly be blocked by the Democrat-controlled Senate. -
NICE Moves Away From Drug, Technology Evaluation
Opinion -Great Britain’s new coalition government, led by the Conservative Party, has confirmed plans to strip some authority from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. -
Controversy Remains Over ‘Pay for Delay’
Opinion -A tactic used in some drug patent settlement cases is creating renewed controversy concerning so-called “pay for delay. -
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.
