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Tuesday, April 29, 2008Preschool for All?Having failed old children, they want younger ones By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)One current fad in K-12 education these days is to expand it to E-12 education. In this case "E" stands for early--in some cases, even under 12 months old. Several organizations that are members of State Policy Network have in recent months responded to this fad. Here are some of the most ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008Social Networks, Meet Health CareBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareOnline technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, and experiences with each other are empowering, engaging, and educating consumers and providers in health care, writes Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, a health care economist ... more »»
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Monday, April 28, 2008Legislative Non-Action is Half a LoafBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareIn an editorial the Anchorage Daily News, the leading newspaper of Alaska, chides Gov. Sarah Palin for not pushing government-run health care. "She can't rely on platitudes such as fixing the system by having individuals ... more »»
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Monday, April 28, 20087-year Gallup polls show the quality of health care and coverage to be goodBy Liberty is for me .Filed As: Health CareHealthCare BS, a blog, highlights that '01-'07 Gallup polls' show two things:
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Monday, April 28, 2008Q & A on State Health ReformBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareEveryone agrees. Republicans and Democrats. Conservative and liberals. Newt and Hillary. Government should force doctors and hospitals to clean up their act by: adopting electronic medical records, practicing evidence-based medicine, coordinating care, integrating care, and doing numerous ... more »»
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Monday, April 28, 2008Trapping Kids in Government ProgramsBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareAccording to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, more children in Montana may soon be herded into a government program. "State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner John Morrison," the paper says, "is ... more »»
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Monday, April 28, 2008The Lesson of Massachusetts is NOT Single PayerBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareThe American Prospect, a magazine of liberal thought, carries an article in its current issue by Marcia Angell, M.D., of Harvard and former editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine that does indeed offer fuel for thought. Her article, "Health Reform You Shouldn't Believe In,... more »»
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Monday, April 28, 2008If Taxpayers Build a Theater and Nobody Books It ....By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxCharles J. Sykes writes about an edifice complex that has built an expensive--and largely unused--theater in Milwaukee. "From the beginning, critics sniped that spending $42 million in taxpayer ... more »»
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Monday, April 28, 2008Most Common, and Preventable, Cause of DeathBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareHere's a not-so-cheery way to start your week: your odds of dying at some point are 1 in 1. Writing on the blog of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, Christian Schneider observes that "the ... more »»
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Sunday, April 27, 2008School Choice SavesBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Education (k-12)Last week, the Commonwealth Foundation launched SchoolChoiceSaves.org, a website focused on revealing the benefits of parental choice in education -- how school choice saves children from poor-performing schools and saves taxpayers' ... more »»
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