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Thursday, August 21, 2008Slacker Mandate Advances in IllinoisBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareJust what the world doesn't need: A move to encourage young adults to remain children. From the Chicago Tribune: "Young adults could stay on their parents' health insurance until they ... more »»
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Thursday, August 21, 2008Self-congratuation on Massachusetts PlanBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts has come out with a report claiming significant benefits to its health insurance program. The headline in the Boston Globe is breathless: "State shows big gains in ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008Government Obesity in ActionBy Merrill Matthews, Jr.Filed As: Health CareA Los Angeles city councilwoman thinks Angelenos are too fat. So she’s pushing legislation that bans new fast food restaurants like McDonalds and KFC.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008Intellectual Diversity at U of GeorgiaBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (higher)The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) claims a victory at the University of Georgia, which is taking steps to improve intellectual diversity on its campus.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008Renewable Fuel Mandates: Tilting at WindmillsBy John LaPlanteFiled As: EnvironmentInvestors Business Daily ran an editorial earlier this week on the folly of politically driven moves toward renewable energy sources. The editorial is geared at the congressional level, but with states considering renewable ... more »»
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Thursday, August 21, 2008Hands off My TwinkiesBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareExpect government officials and "health care advocates" to make more moves to slap your hands at the dinner table. The group "Trust for America's Health" has released a report that ranks states on obesity, and newspapers, ever alert to bad ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008Canadian Health Care Situation 'Alarming,' says new CMA ChiefBy Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: General, Health CareThe incoming president of Canada's largest association of physicians, Robert Ouellet, today implored medical professionals and policymakers in his country to "pull their heads out of the sand" and ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008SCHIP Expansion Gets More ExpensiveBy Peter NelsonFiled As: Health CareCongressional Quarterly reports that SCHIP expansion just got a little more expensive, a fact that may influence whether Democrats choose to hold a vote on the Children’s Health Insurance Program ... more »»
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008Department of Unintended ConsequencesCollege presidents: Let's lower the drinking age By John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareFrom the Associated Press:
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008Ministry of Silly BureaucratsBy Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: Health CareI recall listening some time ago as a lefty airwave commander n' controller sputtered incredulously at a guest's suggestion that ever-increasing government management of health care will inexorably embolden central planners to ever-increasingly ... more »»
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