How hard is it for doctors to listen and to care?
Remapping Debate’s examination of the issues of doctors failing to communicate and empathize reveals that, despite innovative efforts at a number of medical schools, the medical community as a whole still has far to go to remedy these problems.
How hard is it for doctors to listen and to care?
Despite innovative training at some medical schools, overall it still seems to be awfully difficult.
State aid to education down, down, down
Our FY 11-12 data gathering is now complete, and we find 40 states effectively cutting aid over last four years, 19 of them by at least 10 percent. South Carolina and California cut aid by the highest percentages.
The nitty-gritty of going beyond GDP
Oregon legislator: “We get these benchmarks, great, but it’s not doing enough to inform our policy choices.” Can "benchmarks" and "indicators" be implemented in a way to have a real impact? A key question: do indicator systems work by attempting to “insulate” them from politics, or by attempting to have them do battle in the political arena?
The nitty-gritty of going beyond GDP
Can "benchmarks" and "indicators" be implemented in a way to have a real impact on public policy?
Poorest states cut real-dollar aid to schools from 07-08 levels
Latest data show drop in 9 of the 10 states with the lowest median household income.
Caught in the act
Today’s robbing of the NYC employees’ health insurance fund as a “realistic” means to pay to avoid layoffs will become tomorrow’s hysterically anti-union “health benefits costs are out of control” rallying cry. City officials — neither the “education” mayor, nor the backbone-free City Council — are just not prepared to pay for vital services.