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Local Health Reform: How Tampa Does It
Communities slow hospital admissions and treatable complications
A community the size of Rhode Island raised sales taxes to buy medical coverage for the uninsured. Result: Fewer hospital admissions, reduced complications from treatable ailments such as diabetes and asthma, and savings in property taxes. (Congressional Quarterly Researcher)
Recurring Quest for Health Reform: First Enthusiasm, Then Failure
The usual beneficiaries? Only some of us.
Every 15 years or so, health reform arouses great enthusiasm, only to fail spectacularly. Sometimes, specific populations — the elderly, the disabled, low-income children – have benefited. Universal coverage? Elusive as the Holy Grail. (Congressional Quarterly Researcher)
‘Used Our Kids as Guinea Pigs’
U.S. conducts, pays for experiments on unsuspecting Americans
The letter from school said nothing about a medical experiment (The Plain Dealer)
F-14 Parts, Anyone?
How Iran obtains sensitive weapons — from the U.S. (BusinessWeek)
Can U.S. Afford to Insure All?
Escalating costs, budget shortfalls, rising needs could overwhelm health-care system
Health coverage for more Americans – is it even feasible? An analysis in Congressional Quarterly
The Lariam Files
Why didn’t patients know of popular drug’s devastating effects? (Washington Post)
The New E-spionage Threat
Cyber attacks compromise military and corporate secrets
U.S. military and scientific institutions – along with the defense industry that serves them – are being robbed of secret information on rocket engines, satellites, launch systems, and even the Space Shuttle. Many of the digital intrusions, into sensitive networks of multiple agencies and defense contractors, have been traced to China. Officials say it’s espionage on a massive scale. (BusinessWeek)
Toxic Taxes
Obama tax credits are good for preparers — and a likely stimulus for fraud. (BusinessWeek)
The Poverty Business
The drive to extract corporate profits from the poor
Roxanne Tsosie was able to find a job and a car because greater access to credit has put many goods within reach of the working poor. Tsosie hoped it would help her achieve self-sufficiency. But zealous companies have new ways to lure unsophisticated shoppers into a thicket of debt. Furor over mortgages? That was only part of the larger story of the explosion in subprime credit. (BusinessWeek)
Newt Gingrich's Health Care Mission
His for-profit company advises clients such as IBM on how to grab some of the $19 billion earmarked for digitizing health care records (BusinessWeek)
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