Commentary
Business & Economics
FED FOCUS-Internal dissent over Fed action won’t halt policy
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) – Some Federal Reserve insiders are breaking ranks in alarm over action by the U.S. central bank to tackle the credit crisis, but this unusually blunt display of dissent will not force a reversal in policy. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has made plain that he will ...
Business & Economics
U. S. moving in wrong direction with card check
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a likely hot button for the Obama administration, would fundamentally alter the balance of power in the U. S. labor market and impose enormous costs on workers. Ironically, as America moves to fundamentally change the way unions are certified, other countries, like Canada, are ...
Commentary
Don’t Blame Drugs for Health-Care Costs
In the opening pages of his recently released budget, Pres. Barack Obama describes the rising cost of health care as “one of the big drains on family budgets and on the performance of the economy as a whole.” Later in the budget, he suggests that America spends too much on ...
Commentary
How California Can Be a K-12 Leader Again
SACRAMENTO—Heavy hitters in education reform convened here Monday for mayor Kevin Johnson’s Education Summit. The event was a microcosm of changes afoot nationwide and packed a powerful message for California. The summit had three overarching goals: 1) offering real-world innovative reform ideas that increase school options for parents, improve accountability ...
California
Entitlement Mentality? California Pharmacies Block 5% Medicaid Cut
I think that health-care providers who want to survive and thrive in the days to come need a new, self-imposed, guideline for their businesses: “If government revenue is so important to you that a 5% cut drives you into court to recover it, you are too dependent on government revenue.”
Business & Economics
Canada’s big chance
Financial Post (Ontario, Canada), March 10, 2009 President Obama’s radical response to the recession could give Canada a massive economic advantage Yesterday, Prime Minister Harper highlighted his government’s plans for dealing with the economic slowdown and presented the crisis as an opportunity for Canada: “Ultimately, it is an opportunity to ...
Commentary
At Summit, President Obama Says He’s Open To Compromise On His Health Care Proposal, New York Times Reports
Medical News Today, March 9, 2009 President Obama on Thursday during a White House health care summit “indicated for the first time that he was open to compromise on details of the proposal he put forth in the 2008 campaign,” the New York Times reports (Pear/Stolberg, New York Times, 3/6). ...
Business & Economics
Some states are more free than others
Valley Morning Star (Harlington, TX), March 9, 2009 If you expect state and local government to provide a life for you and your family, you live in the wrong place. If you think government should create a job for you, you’re in the wrong place. You should leave Colorado and ...
Business & Economics
Class-Action Lawsuits Gone Wild
By itself, this isn’t such a big deal: A non-profit hospital system in upstate New York settles a class-action lawsuit brought by a couple of nurses for $1.25 million. Plaintiffs alleged that the hospitals conspired to artificially lower nurses’ wages. The Wall Street Journal reports that the settlement will be ...
FED FOCUS-Internal dissent over Fed action won’t halt policy
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) – Some Federal Reserve insiders are breaking ranks in alarm over action by the U.S. central bank to tackle the credit crisis, but this unusually blunt display of dissent will not force a reversal in policy. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has made plain that he will ...
U. S. moving in wrong direction with card check
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a likely hot button for the Obama administration, would fundamentally alter the balance of power in the U. S. labor market and impose enormous costs on workers. Ironically, as America moves to fundamentally change the way unions are certified, other countries, like Canada, are ...
Don’t Blame Drugs for Health-Care Costs
In the opening pages of his recently released budget, Pres. Barack Obama describes the rising cost of health care as “one of the big drains on family budgets and on the performance of the economy as a whole.” Later in the budget, he suggests that America spends too much on ...
How California Can Be a K-12 Leader Again
SACRAMENTO—Heavy hitters in education reform convened here Monday for mayor Kevin Johnson’s Education Summit. The event was a microcosm of changes afoot nationwide and packed a powerful message for California. The summit had three overarching goals: 1) offering real-world innovative reform ideas that increase school options for parents, improve accountability ...
Entitlement Mentality? California Pharmacies Block 5% Medicaid Cut
I think that health-care providers who want to survive and thrive in the days to come need a new, self-imposed, guideline for their businesses: “If government revenue is so important to you that a 5% cut drives you into court to recover it, you are too dependent on government revenue.”
Canada’s big chance
Financial Post (Ontario, Canada), March 10, 2009 President Obama’s radical response to the recession could give Canada a massive economic advantage Yesterday, Prime Minister Harper highlighted his government’s plans for dealing with the economic slowdown and presented the crisis as an opportunity for Canada: “Ultimately, it is an opportunity to ...
At Summit, President Obama Says He’s Open To Compromise On His Health Care Proposal, New York Times Reports
Medical News Today, March 9, 2009 President Obama on Thursday during a White House health care summit “indicated for the first time that he was open to compromise on details of the proposal he put forth in the 2008 campaign,” the New York Times reports (Pear/Stolberg, New York Times, 3/6). ...
Some states are more free than others
Valley Morning Star (Harlington, TX), March 9, 2009 If you expect state and local government to provide a life for you and your family, you live in the wrong place. If you think government should create a job for you, you’re in the wrong place. You should leave Colorado and ...
Class-Action Lawsuits Gone Wild
By itself, this isn’t such a big deal: A non-profit hospital system in upstate New York settles a class-action lawsuit brought by a couple of nurses for $1.25 million. Plaintiffs alleged that the hospitals conspired to artificially lower nurses’ wages. The Wall Street Journal reports that the settlement will be ...
