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Friday, April 4, 2008Costly Transit that Also Destoys HomesFiled As: TransportationRail is the rage in transportation planning. But it's extracting a heavy cost on some people. John Caldara of the Independence Institute says "What proponents don’t want you to know is that the massive taxpayer-funded light rail system is also eco-unfriendly and ... more »»
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Friday, April 4, 2008Fewer Students, More Campuses?Filed As: Education (higher)How many colleges does a state need? Writing for the Dakota Voice, Gordon Garnos points to some work by South Dakota's market-focused think tank, the Great Plains Public Policy Institute, suggesting that perhaps the state has all the campuses it ... more »»
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Friday, April 4, 2008Taxed to Die? Maybe Not in OklahomaFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs has some good news: a committee in the state House has voted to speed up the repeal of the state's death tax. The measure has a long ways to go towards passage, and ... more »»
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Friday, April 4, 2008Pennsylvania Tightening Insurance RegulationsBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the Pennsylvania House approved stricter "guidelines" for insurance sold in the individual and small group market:
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Friday, April 4, 2008Illinois Takes Another Step Towards TransparencyFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Illinois Policy Institute says that more transparency is needed, and it just might get it. more »»
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Friday, April 4, 2008Who Pays for the Company Health Insurance Plan?Filed As: Health CareEmployers like to say -- and often believe -- that they pay for health care, write Ezekiel J. Emanuel (National Institutes of Health), and Victor R. Fuchs (Stanford University), writing in the Chicago Tribune. ... more »»
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Thursday, April 3, 2008A Single-Payer System isn't MagicHow single-payer advocates are like six-year-olds By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareThe Baltimore Examiner published my op-ed today on problems with single-payer health care. In it I note that single-payer advocates rightly talk about the problems posed by having insurance ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008New Nanny State Health Fear: Tanning BedsMaryland legislators cry: "won't someone think of the children?" By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareWith budget problems looming in the state, Maryland state senators decided their time was best spent approving a measure to protect minors from the scourge of tanning beds. One legislator gave his ... more »»
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Thursday, April 3, 2008Masking Propaganda as ResearchThe recent "study" of physician attitudes By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareHere’s a survey question for you. Please check the box that is closest to your beliefs and return the form to me – ___ Reporters are idiots ___ Reporters are morons The results will be published in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine. more »»
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Thursday, April 3, 2008Thai Hospital Makes Agreement with U.S. InsurerFiled As: Health CareBusinessWeek reports on the growing trend of more »»
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