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Saturday, August 16, 2008Are Americans Alone in Being Disgruntled?By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareThe Commonwealth Fund (not to be confused with Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Foundation) has issued another report on how awful the American health care system is. This report is ... more »»
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Friday, August 15, 2008U.S. Index of Health Ownership 2nd Edition Is HereAlabama up, Utah down, New York still in the basement: Where's your state? By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CarePacific Research Instite has published the 2nd edition of the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, the only ranking of health care in the states that uses criteria of individual choice. Americans lack ... more »»
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Friday, August 15, 2008Goin' PostalBy Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: Health CareSays the Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain, if you think snail mail is totally sweet then you're just gonna love more »»
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Friday, August 15, 2008CONned againBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareHospitals create jobs, but instead of government subsidies, they face more hurdles.
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Friday, August 15, 2008Fiscal Flameout in the Free StateThe folly of financing government by taxing smokers is proven yet again Filed As: General, Health CareLast year, the Maryland legislature doubled the cigarette tax to $2 a pack to pay for expanded health-care coverage, but eight months later, cigarette sales have plunged 25 percent and the state is in fiscal distress again. In New York City and State, tobacco taxes have been raised so many times that the ... more »»
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Friday, August 15, 2008Krugman vs. RealityBy Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: General, Health CareCenter for Medicine in the Public Interest president Peter Pitts challenged Walter Dura...er, Paul Krugman's advocacy for ... more »»
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Friday, August 15, 2008Has Your School Flunked?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)American students, as a rule, do fairly well in international comparisons, and then lose ground the longer they stay in school. Flunked is a movie that shows you what's wrong with the current approach to schooling--and it gives examples of schools ... more »»
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Thursday, August 14, 2008Redux II: Revenge of the CONissarsBy Mark Todd EnglerFiled As: General, Health CareOne day after the Chicago Tribune ran an editorial urging its disbandment, the state's graft-plagued ... more »»
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Thursday, August 14, 2008In-Store ClinicsBy Sarah McIntoshFiled As: Health CareI'm totally pumped for these in-store health care clinics. We just had several new ones open in Wichita, Kansas and I'd like to check them out. They're in our Walgreens. I'm hoping for some Walmart and Target ones ... more »»
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Thursday, August 14, 2008Grade InflationBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Does the reputation of your state's public schools inflated by an overly generous grading system? Probably, says an education researcher who maps the results of state proficiency tests onto the National Assessment of Educational Progress.... more »»
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