Category: Health

Patients’ Bill of Rights Could Provide Patients With a Bigger Health Care Bill, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #348 /
Few issues are as fraught with peril as the proposed reform of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). HMOs are the most affordable source of health care for millions of Americans, so it is vital that HMO reformers not jeopardize their existence ...
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Government Attack on Dietary Supplements Lean on Facts, by Council Nedd

Project 21 Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. I've never been surprised by the foolish actions of our federal government. Like all things, it follows the laws of nature - and nature abhors a vacuum. If left unchecked, our government behaves similarly, ...
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Is the EPA Killing People? by John Carlisle and Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #315 /
Tony Behun was a typical eleven-year-old boy. As do many boys his age, he enjoyed riding his motorbike in the fields around his hometown of Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania. But then Tony mysteriously died. By all accounts a healthy child, Tony ...
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Print Trumps Broadcast Media in Accurate Reporting of Bioengineered Corn Recall

National Policy Analysis #311 /
Now that the corn dust has settled regarding Kraft Food's voluntary recall of taco shells containing bioengineered corn not approved for humans, it is time to assess how well the media covered this story. My grade: C. But there were ...
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The Environmental Movement: Profiting from the Politics of Fear, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #313 /
Consumer beware. The next time a "public interest" group frightens you with claims that the food you eat, the milk you drink or the fruit you seek is unsafe, be forewarned that its warnings may not be based on the ...
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“Please Remember Hospice,” by Michael King

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published July 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. The call came the ...
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Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

Project 21 Commentary /
Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
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Biotechnology: Putting an End to World Hunger, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #289 /
Agricultural biotechnology, a dynamic new science that uses genetic engineering to enhance the output and value of many agricultural products, may hold the key to helping stop world hunger. But if the environmental movement has its way, further development of ...
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Organically-Grown Food Not Necessarily Better For You, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #290 /
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed rule to allow producers of organic food to place a USDA organic seal on their products should be rejected because it misleads consumers into believing that organic food is safer and better ...
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Media’s Selective Indignation Molds Moral Conscience, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

Project 21 Commentary /
We were shocked when a black immigrant in New York City was shot at by police over 40 times while simply reaching for his wallet. We were appalled by the merciless and brutal beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles ...
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