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Wednesday, September 17, 2008Who Uses Retail Health Clinics?By Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareA new RAND Health study examines the types of patients who use retail health clinics and the health care services delivered by the clinics, which they say are growing in number and popularity. Researchers analyzed details about ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008Massachusetts' Underwhelming Health "Reform"Emergency Room Overload Continues; State Simply Orders A Stop By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareMassachusetts' health care leaders continue to believe that they can solve problems by just ordering them to go away. The first step in this was the April 2006 Commonwealth Connector reform signed by Governor ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008The Politics of SCHIPBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareIt doesn't seem that SCHIP reauthorization will be happening this year:
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008Ending the Expansion of SCHIPBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareLast year's SCHIP debate appeared to be less about providing affordable health care to low-income children than about bailing out states that had overextended their budgets, says Dennis G. Smith of The Heritage Foundation. ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008How Are Schools Using Your Tax Dollars?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)The property taxes that go to the local school district are the largest taxes paid by some people. Yet what does that money buy? It's sometimes hard to see. If you live in Mississippi, the Mississippi Council for Public Policy has an more »»
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Monday, September 15, 2008Welfare Reform, 12 Years OnBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxOne of the alleged victories of the conservative movement of the 1990s was federal welfare reform, the implementation of which was largely left up to the states. How have they done? The Heartland Institute published a report card on the ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008See the Connection?Maryland expands govt. health care, now facing a deficit By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareTwo recent news items from Maryland illustrate how some fail to see how expanding government programs strains state budgets. First, the Frederick News-Post celebrates the state's new health care ... more »»
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Monday, September 15, 2008New Mexico State Pension System Underfunded (but not as bad as other states)By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareNew Mexico is just one of dozens of states nationwide with massively funded state pension systems. According to this article, "by 2020, coverage will no longer be considered ... more »»
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Monday, September 15, 2008Rhode Island's Medicaid Waiver Promises Positive ReformLimiting Taxpayer Liability While Increasing Choice: What's Not To Like? By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareLast month, I made encouraging remarks to the Heartland Institute's outstanding monthly Health Care News about Rhode Island governor Carcieri's evolving proposal to reform ... more »»
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Monday, September 15, 2008Health Alert: Medicare Problem SolvedBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health Care
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