Grace-Marie Turner gave the keynote address at the Utah Health Insurance Association's Education Conference on November 8, 2007. Click here to view her presentation, "Assessing Proposals for Health Reform." … [Read more...] about Assessing Proposals for Health Reform
A Paean to Patents
It's often said that America's Founding Fathers would not recognize the United States of today. But surely they would be pleased to see that the nation they envisioned when they were crafting the Constitution has become a world leader in any number of pursuits, including science and technology.Aside from good old-fashioned American ingenuity, how did it happen?The answer lies in Article I, … [Read more...] about A Paean to Patents
A Paean to Patents
It's often said that America's Founding Fathers would not recognize the United States of today. But surely they would be pleased to see that the nation they envisioned when they were crafting the Constitution has become a world leader in any number of pursuits, including science and technology.Aside from good old-fashioned American ingenuity, how did it happen?The answer lies in Article I, … [Read more...] about A Paean to Patents
California Dreaming
It is instructive to watch the wrestling match in California over comprehensive health reform which could preview the national debate likely to take place in 2009. The legislature is six weeks into a special session on health, after failing to reach an agreement in the regular session. The Democratically-controlled legislature and Republican Gov. Schwarzenegger both want to reach a deal to put a … [Read more...] about California Dreaming
California Dreaming
It is instructive to watch the wrestling match in California over comprehensive health reform which could preview the national debate likely to take place in 2009. The legislature is six weeks into a special session on health, after failing to reach an agreement in the regular session. The Democratically-controlled legislature and Republican Gov. Schwarzenegger both want to reach a deal to put a … [Read more...] about California Dreaming
Moving On
After the House voted on Thursday to uphold President Bush's veto of the SCHIP bill, members caucused almost immediately to decide what to do next. Will the program continue to be a political hot potato, with several short-term extensions that throw it into the 2008 presidential fray? Or will they extend the program until early 2009 when a new president and a new Congress can make more … [Read more...] about Moving On
Moving On
After the House voted on Thursday to uphold President Bush's veto of the SCHIP bill, members caucused almost immediately to decide what to do next. Will the program continue to be a political hot potato, with several short-term extensions that throw it into the 2008 presidential fray? Or will they extend the program until early 2009 when a new president and a new Congress can make more … [Read more...] about Moving On
SCHIP's Misplaced Priorities
In "Spending Veto Is Too Little And Too Late" (On The Left, Oct. 5), Eugene Robinson misstates the facts surrounding President Bush's veto of a bill to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Robinson writes that the authorization to cover children in families in New York earning up to $83,000 "is not in the bill Bush vetoed." In fact, Section 114(a) … [Read more...] about SCHIP's Misplaced Priorities