Researchers from Harvard University and the City University of New York have cautioned that the federal government's multibillion-dollar investments in health information technology might not be the boon their proponents claim.
A month after the Supreme Court heard three days of arguments over the constitutionality of Obamacare, the debate continues unabated outside the courtroom. Read more
Basking in cautious confidence, we wait until the end of June, by which time the Supreme Court should have made its decision that Obamacare – or at least its individual mandate – is unconstitutional. Read more
You may have never heard of ALEC before the last few days, when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journaleditorialized on a campaign waged by shadowy lobbying groups to influence corporations to withdraw their support from this non-profit collaboration of state legislators. Read more
Tuesday is Tax Day. There's no better time to take a closer look at the "tax-first" policies being bandied about by lawmakers in an attempt to dig this country out from under its debt. Read more
The House of Representatives just approved Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wisc.) budget proposal, which, among other things, would give seniors the option of receiving premium support payments from the federal government to purchase health insurance on a new, federally regulated Medicare exchange. Read more
What a train wreck. Barreling down the tracks in one direction, on April 9 a congressional committee launched a probe California’s high-speed rail project over charges of conflicts of interest and questionable spending of federal dollars. Read more
In stereotypical Sacramento backroom fashion, Governor Jerry Brown and the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) cut a deal on a November initiative to raise taxes.
Leave it to our leaders in Washington to spend a dollar to save a dime.
Congress just announced that a $77-million computer system put in place last summer to combat Medicare fraud had saved taxpayers $7,591 through the end of the year.
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