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Health insurance maze a major financial burden on hospitals, doctors, businesses
Annual costs related to billing and insurance estimated to exceed $400 billion.
The relentless push to bleed Legal Services dry
With LSC funding effectively 70 percent lower than it was in 1981, the program is unable to meet critical needs of lower-income families.
Leaving the picket fence behind
Though engaging marketing has shifted consumer preferences on a range of products, people tend to think that preferences for traditional suburban neighborhoods are set in stone. Advertisers say they’re wrong.
States to residents, localities: forget promises to restore funding
Despite the fact that revenues in many states are recovering, budget cuts that were once described as undesirable but unavoidable are being left in place (or even exacerbated) as numerous state legislatures opt to double down on tax cuts.
Two-tier morality? Catholic Bishops' anti-poverty advocacy lags
In U.S., less political muscle expended on battling structural causes of poverty than on fighting “intrinsic evils.”
Demonstrators beware: you won't be seen or heard
Cities’ use of “spatial tactics” such as exclusion zones at upcoming political conventions and NATO summit risks muffling dissent, critics say.
What about bending the quality curve?
Health care experts said that, by focusing narrowly on reducing costs, policy makers may be neglecting the broader potential of health technology to improve the quality of care.
What if pension funds grabbed the reins?
U.S. pension funds could play a powerful role in shaping financial markets. But they tend to act more like passive customers than dealmakers.
Mainstream economists on the defensive
Do economics departments exclude diverse perspectives and fail to foster critical thinking skills? A dozen prominent economists confront the charge.
Don't know much about history, don't know much economy...
Economics departments: limited range of courses at the advanced level; reliance on "chalk-and-talk" pedagogy.
How fiscally prudent is "lower the rate and broaden the base"?
It's the corporate tax reform mantra these days — at least on the Democratic side of the aisle. But serious questions have been raised about the underlying premises, fiscal prudence, and ultimate revenue neutrality of proceeding concurrently.