The Senate next week plans to debate federal funding for stem cell research. The science is evolving in a way that should make this controversy moot. One side argues that research on viable human embryos has the greatest medical potential and that destroying the embryo is a price worth paying. The other says that adult stem cells and umbilical cord cells already have demonstrated much more success … [Read more...] about New Options
Medicaid Commission
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced on Friday the members of the Medicaid advisory commission charged with identifying reforms necessary to stabilize and strengthen Medicaid. I am honored to have been among those selected to serve with so many distinguished health policy experts. "In Washington and state capitols across America, there is consensus that now is the time to reform and modernize … [Read more...] about Medicaid Commission
Ceasefire
Former Sen. John Breaux was a valuable consensus builder during his more than three decades in Congress, working with Republicans and his fellow Democrats to provide leadership in actually getting things done. Now, after retiring last year to move into private life, he is bringing his skills to a new project he's creating called "Ceasefire on Health Care: Finding Common Ground for the … [Read more...] about Ceasefire
NHS Surgeon Resigns
Dear Mr Coles, For years now, I have been stopped from doing my job in the NHS by the lack of facilities, but in public the politicians (in particular Alan Milburn and John Reid) have blamed the consultants for the waiting lists. This is extremely demotivating and demoralizing. It seems the Government thinks that if only they could get the consultants in the NHS to work harder, then … [Read more...] about NHS Surgeon Resigns
NHS Surgeon Resigns
Dear Mr Coles, For years now, I have been stopped from doing my job in the NHS by the lack of facilities, but in public the politicians (in particular Alan Milburn and John Reid) have blamed the consultants for the waiting lists. This is extremely demotivating and demoralizing. It seems the Government thinks that if only they could get the consultants in the NHS to work harder, then … [Read more...] about NHS Surgeon Resigns
Grads, there's a place where you can make a difference
A fitting coda to college-graduation season in San Diego (UCSD breaks out the caps and gowns this weekend), Woodward and Bernstein got some renewed props for their crusade-for-truth journalism of 30 years ago, which brought down a presidency, scored points for the Constitution and made thousands of young people want to be reporters. That's what one disclosure, a whopper, by a 91-year-old man … [Read more...] about Grads, there's a place where you can make a difference
Grads, there’s a place where you can make a difference
A fitting coda to college-graduation season in San Diego (UCSD breaks out the caps and gowns this weekend), Woodward and Bernstein got some renewed props for their crusade-for-truth journalism of 30 years ago, which brought down a presidency, scored points for the Constitution and made thousands of young people want to be reporters. That's what one disclosure, a whopper, by a 91-year-old man … [Read more...] about Grads, there’s a place where you can make a difference
Taxes and Health Care
Taxes and health care clearly are hot issues, as evidenced by the standing-room-only audience that turned out for our briefing on Monday on "Tax Reform as the Road to Health Reform." Bob Moffit and Dan Mitchell of Heritage joined John Berthoud of the National Taxpayers Union and me in explaining why the coming debate over tax reform provides a prime opportunity to begin to fix tax policy that … [Read more...] about Taxes and Health Care