Year: 2003

Group Releases “Medicare Perspective Index” to Shed Light on Prescription Drug Debate: Irreverent List of Factoids a Grim Parody of Harper’s Index — But a Lot More Expensive

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With a nod to Harper's Index, The National Center for Public Policy Research is releasing today the "Medicare Perspective Index," a compilation of factoids that give an irreverent but useful snapshot of the policy ironies within the $400 billion Medicare ...
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“Medicare Perspective Index” — Grim Parody of Harper’s Sheds Light on Medicare Debate

Ed Haislmaier has put together, with a nod to Harper's Index, a "Medicare Perspective Index" (PDF file) to illuminate some of the more striking facts of the medicare prescription drug debate. It's worth reading and scary stuff when you consider ...
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Message to Congress on Medicare: Don’t Rush to Put a Legislative Turkey on America’s Thanksgiving Table

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Congress is rushing votes on the just-released Medicare conference report too swiftly and risks taking an action it will later regret, warns The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think-tank. "The Medicare conference report reconciled, with significant alterations, ...
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Simply Nuts

A note from Project 21 member Michael King: Do you need permission to call an injustice a lynching? U.S. Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) has been taken to task by Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, ...
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Dy-No-MITE!

An observation from Project 21 member Darryn "Dutch" Martin on how appearances can be deceiving: On a recent edition of The O'Reilly Factor dealing with Rush Limbaugh's stint in rehab for painkiller addiction -- and whether -the view of him ...
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Asbestos Lawsuits Often Frivolous; Call the Police, Get Sued; Economic Damages Only 20 Percent of Award Costs

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Alien Tort Claims Act Used Against Poor Africans America's 34-million African-Americans should be outraged by the campaign of economic blackmail that a handful of profit-driven personal injury lawyers are waging against the financially beleaguered Republic of South Africa. Against the ...
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Alien Tort Claims Act Used Against Poor Africans; Even Socialized Medicine Harmed by Excessive Lawsuits; Lawsuits Literally a Lottery

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Alien Tort Claims Act Used Against Poor Africans America's 34-million African-Americans should be outraged by the campaign of economic blackmail that a handful of profit-driven personal injury lawyers are waging against the financially beleaguered Republic of South Africa. Against the ...
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The National Aviation Heritage Act: No Way to Celebrate the Wright Brothers

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BACKGROUND: The U. S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Nov. 18 on the "National Aviation Heritage Act," H.R. 280. Sponsored by Rep. David Hobson (R-OH), the bill would create a National Aviation Heritage Area encompassing several counties in ...
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From New Democrats Online: “Medi-Mess”

Ed Haislmaier recommended this informative short piece posted online today by the Democratic Leadership Council. The piece calls the House-Senate compromise "a lost opportunity to modernize Medicare," saying Congress "should have designed a workable prescription drug benefit and introduced key ...
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War between the Generations: Federal Spending on the Elderly Set to Explode

This piece by Chris Edwards and Tad Dehaven at the Cato Institute provides further support for the notion that we need to reform Medicare -- really reform it -- and the sooner the better ...
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