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Health Care’s Future: Mexican Medical Tourism for Californians?
Submitted by John R. Graham on 6.17.2009
Immigrants continue to show up in California, where many become part of our 18.5 percent uninsured population. A more neglected story is traffic the other way, California residents crossing the border for treatment in Mexico, outlined in new research by Steven P. Wallace of UCLA.
Medicare Costs Have Risen Far More than the Costs of Private Health Care
Submitted by Jeffrey H. Anderson, Ph.D. on 6.9.2009
As Americans contemplate a significant expansion of government’s role in health care, in the form of the Medicare-like “public option” proposed by President Obama, we must consider how successful Medicare has been at controlling costs in relation to privately purchased health care.
Does California Need a Commission on the Status of Women?
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 6.2.2009
The California Commission on the Status of Women bills itself as an “independent, non-partisan agency working to advance the causes of women.” That claim invites scrutiny of the Commission’s 2009-2010 priorities. Look at what we find at the very top of their list.
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