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Who’s Qualified to Run New York City Schools? Pitfalls From a Lack of Knowledge
Lacking an official background in public education is different than a lack of knowledge of critical educational issues. An education leader can succeed without the former, but not the latter. As a business executive, Joel Klein brought useful management ideas to the job of chancellor. He knew that employees have ...
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U.S. Health Care and U.S. Productivity
Furthermore, we don’t hear Mark Zuckerberg complaining that Facebook’s health-care costs are preventing him from competing against foreign social-media businesses. Indeed, while all Americans complain about health costs, the argument that our health “system” reduces our competitiveness versus other countries with “universal” health care is actually quite weak. Indeed, the ...
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The government’s waning support of breast cancer?
Breast Cancer Awareness month, which wound down last month, appeared to get plenty of government support. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held a teleconference in recognition of national mammography day. She and Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, touted a new program to promote awareness. ...
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O-Day is January 1, 2014
What are the best tactics to prepare for repeal before that potentially catastrophic date? I contribute to a discussion over at National Review Online .
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Obamacare’s Popularity Hits All-Time Low
The survey also confirms that “health care voters” were central to the Republicans’ overwhelming victory in the midterms. Such voters – defined by Kaiser as “those who named health care or health care reform as one of the top two factors in deciding their vote for Congress” – overwhelmingly supported ...
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American Health Care and American Productivity: An International Comparison
Key Points Domestic critics claim that U.S. health care is a drag on productivity, but the United States is the world’s most productive nation. American productivity leads to much higher national income than in other countries, suggesting that our high health spending as a share of GDP is not out ...
Business & Economics
Puerto Rico’s epic tax blunder
Let’s say you’re an elected leader faced with a tough decision about how to revive the lagging economy. Your predecessors had tremendous success spurring growth by making the local tax environment exceptionally friendly to investment. However, in recent years, as the global economy has contracted, so has yours. GDP has ...
Business & Economics
Californians Deserve Value For Their Tax Dollars
Last week’s election, ushering in Jerry Brown as Governor-elect and changing passage of the state budget from two-thirds to a majority vote, will impact how legislators reconcile California’s budget deficit. Missing in the debate between higher taxes and less spending is whether current spending provides Californians value for their money. ...
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Should Your State Establish an Obamacare Health Insurance Exchange?
Obamacare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, likely unconstitutional, and will shortly be a prime target for repeal. Obamacare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, likely unconstitutional, and will shortly be a prime target for repeal. And the worst is yet to come: Obamacare expects states to do much of the law’s dirty work. ...
California
ObamaCare to debut in Calif. – will it fly?
An expert on healthcare policy thinks ObamaCare must fail in at least one state at taxpayers’ expense before Democrats realize it won’t work. California will lead the nation in implementing the new healthcare law with a $10-billion plan, approved by the Obama administration, to grant citizens Medicaid waivers. The new ...
Who’s Qualified to Run New York City Schools? Pitfalls From a Lack of Knowledge
Lacking an official background in public education is different than a lack of knowledge of critical educational issues. An education leader can succeed without the former, but not the latter. As a business executive, Joel Klein brought useful management ideas to the job of chancellor. He knew that employees have ...
U.S. Health Care and U.S. Productivity
Furthermore, we don’t hear Mark Zuckerberg complaining that Facebook’s health-care costs are preventing him from competing against foreign social-media businesses. Indeed, while all Americans complain about health costs, the argument that our health “system” reduces our competitiveness versus other countries with “universal” health care is actually quite weak. Indeed, the ...
The government’s waning support of breast cancer?
Breast Cancer Awareness month, which wound down last month, appeared to get plenty of government support. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held a teleconference in recognition of national mammography day. She and Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, touted a new program to promote awareness. ...
O-Day is January 1, 2014
What are the best tactics to prepare for repeal before that potentially catastrophic date? I contribute to a discussion over at National Review Online .
Obamacare’s Popularity Hits All-Time Low
The survey also confirms that “health care voters” were central to the Republicans’ overwhelming victory in the midterms. Such voters – defined by Kaiser as “those who named health care or health care reform as one of the top two factors in deciding their vote for Congress” – overwhelmingly supported ...
American Health Care and American Productivity: An International Comparison
Key Points Domestic critics claim that U.S. health care is a drag on productivity, but the United States is the world’s most productive nation. American productivity leads to much higher national income than in other countries, suggesting that our high health spending as a share of GDP is not out ...
Puerto Rico’s epic tax blunder
Let’s say you’re an elected leader faced with a tough decision about how to revive the lagging economy. Your predecessors had tremendous success spurring growth by making the local tax environment exceptionally friendly to investment. However, in recent years, as the global economy has contracted, so has yours. GDP has ...
Californians Deserve Value For Their Tax Dollars
Last week’s election, ushering in Jerry Brown as Governor-elect and changing passage of the state budget from two-thirds to a majority vote, will impact how legislators reconcile California’s budget deficit. Missing in the debate between higher taxes and less spending is whether current spending provides Californians value for their money. ...
Should Your State Establish an Obamacare Health Insurance Exchange?
Obamacare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, likely unconstitutional, and will shortly be a prime target for repeal. Obamacare is unpopular, unwieldy, expensive, likely unconstitutional, and will shortly be a prime target for repeal. And the worst is yet to come: Obamacare expects states to do much of the law’s dirty work. ...
ObamaCare to debut in Calif. – will it fly?
An expert on healthcare policy thinks ObamaCare must fail in at least one state at taxpayers’ expense before Democrats realize it won’t work. California will lead the nation in implementing the new healthcare law with a $10-billion plan, approved by the Obama administration, to grant citizens Medicaid waivers. The new ...
