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Friday, April 18, 2008Changing the Goalposts in "Clean Air"By John LaPlanteFiled As: EnvironmentThe John Locke Foundation predicts a record number of ozone-alert days in Charlotte, North Carolina. Are they expecting a new round of environment-killing factories to be brought online? Nope. Just a redefinition of what is considered ... more »»
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Friday, April 18, 2008The Schoolhouse RocksAlternative paths to certification By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)The Show-Me Institute finds some good news coming out of the Missouri Legislature: A bill likely to become law would make it easier for working professionals to more »»
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Friday, April 18, 2008Does Your State Have a Transparency Database?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxDoes your state have an online database at which you can check into who's getting tax dollars? The Nevada Open Government Initiative offers a clickable map. Hover over your state and you see a web address on the screen, you can surf over to your ... more »»
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Friday, April 18, 2008Death by Single-PayerBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CarePrices contain information--information that may be necessary to save someone's life. In England, pay rates for medical professionals are nationalized, in keeping with the single-payer model. The implication of that single pay scale? You could die before your time. Three researchers, ... more »»
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Thursday, April 17, 2008Got Film Production Skills?By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralA video production manager is sought by the free-market folks at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The VPM will be "responsible for managing and producing weekly videos for CEI and its youth activist network, Bureaucrash." ... more »»
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Thursday, April 17, 2008Maryland Using Tax Records to Search for Medicaid RecipientsBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareIf you are eligible for the Maryland Medicaid program or the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program (MCHP), expect to see a letter from the government informing you of that. How do they know? They ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008The Flaws of Single-PayerA Canadian and an American perspective By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareToday the Maryland Public Policy Institute and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) -- a Canadian free market think tank -- released a report authored by Ian Munro and me regarding how a single-payer system would ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008Clinton Presidency Means SCHIP ExpansionSays she'll sign SCHIP bill in first 100 days By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareDuring a speech to newspaper editors in Washington, DC, Hillary Clinton laid out plans for her first 100 days in office. Among them:
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Friday, April 18, 2008The Many Faces of RationingBy Donald R. MayFiled As: Health CareRationing heath care is first achieved by progressively cutting the money paid to the principal providers of the health care, especially the physicians. We have seen this happen with both Medicaid and Medicare. With each cut, some physicians will elect to opt out of the health care plan, as they can no ... more »»
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Thursday, April 17, 2008California Benefits Mandate Mania: 85,000 To Lose Health InsuranceLegislators Ignore Law Requiring Independent Analyses of Bills By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareWhat is the point of passing a law that requires independent analyses of the costs of mandating which benefits health plans must cover, if the lawmakers are then free to ignore the results of the independent analyses? The California Legislature is considering ten bills mandating benefits that will ... more »»
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