March 19, 2013 • Press Release
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March 19, 2013
Checking Up On Health: March 19, 2013
Health policy news and views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Upcoming Foundation event on telehealth: Find out what’s happening around the nation and in Georgia – and what needs to […]
March 13, 2013
Checking Up On Health: March 12, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd As if you’re not sick about unemployment already: Federal authorities and industry experts say the link between the federal Affordable Care […]
March 8, 2013
Friday Facts: March 8, 2013
It’s Friday! Events March 19: There’s just one week left to register for, “Morality and The Marketplace,” a Foundation Leadership Breakfast with keynote speaker Yaron Brook, executive director of the […]
March 7, 2013
Imposing Renewable Energy Won’t Work
Imposing renewable energy upon Georgia’s taxpayers raises the cost of living, taking dollars out of citizens’ pockets that they could use to buy a newer, cleaner car, a better home, […]
March 5, 2013
Checking Up On Health: March 5, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Update on ObamaCare: Florida’s Legislature, not Gov. Rick Scott, will have the final word on whether the state expands Medicaid. And […]
March 4, 2013 • Press Release
WSJ’s Stephen Moore Keynotes Foundation Annual Dinner
The keynote speaker is Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal, a national champion of free enterprise, limited government and personal responsibility.
March 1, 2013
Friday Facts: March 1, 2013
It’s Friday! Events March 19: Capitalism has been demonized; markets are not so free and individual responsibility is becoming passé. How does America turn that around? Join Yaron Brook, executive […]
February 26, 2013
Checking Up On Health: February 26, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd ObamaCare sticker shock: Atlanta insurers were included in a six-market survey released this month on how much the multiple mandates in […]
February 25, 2013
Registration Open for, ‘Morality and The Marketplace,’
Registration Open for, ‘Morality and The Marketplace,’
With Ayn Rand Institute Executive Director Yaron Brook
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT February 25, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Registration Open for, ‘Morality and The Marketplace,’ With Ayn Rand Institute Executive Director Yaron Brook Atlanta […]
February 12, 2013
Checking Up On Health: February 12
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd N.C. says no to Medicaid expansion: North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is backing a move by the Legislature to block the […]
February 8, 2013
Friday Facts: February 8, 2013
February 8, 2013 It’s Friday! February 19: The Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club, 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19, is keynoted by the Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole. […]
February 8, 2013
Telemedicine, a Telling Sign of Health Care’s Future
“Telemedicine – telehealth – allows doctors to be more efficient, effective and productive.” By Benita M. Dodd Money is tight and physicians are in short supply in many Georgia counties, […]
February 5, 2013
Checking Up On Health: February 5, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Individual mandate update: Under proposed rules for the individual mandate under the federal health law, individuals who have to pay more […]
February 1, 2013
Friday Facts: February 1, 2013
February 1, 2013 It’s Friday! February 19: Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? Who’s to blame? Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? Find out […]
January 29, 2013
Checking Up On Health: January 29, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Glossary for the health care law: The Associated Press has helpfully compiled a list of explanations of the terms you should know […]
January 29, 2013
Beleaguered DOT’s To-Do List is Doable
Georgia’s Department of Transportation has been under fire in recent years, much of it deserved amid unwise policy decisions and lackadaisical financial management. Under new management, with greater transparency and […]
January 29, 2013
Register Now for “American Dream, American Nightmare,” Foundation’s Feb. 19 Event
Atlanta – Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? There were 105,610 foreclosure filings last year, or one for every 39 homes. Who’s to […]
January 22, 2013
Checking Up On Health: January 22, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The trials of running clinical trials: About 89 percent of clinical trials meet their enrollment goals but 48 percent of trial sites […]
January 15, 2013
Checking Up On Health: January 15, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd So much for individual responsibility: Merrill Matthews, resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation, has two articles that should be […]
January 8, 2013
Checking Up On Health: January 8, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled By Benita M. Dodd Happy New Year! What if you don’t want Medicare? That’s too bad, according to the U.S. Supreme Court, which on Monday turned […]
January 7, 2013
Register for Jan. 24 Event with Reason’s Robert Poole
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT INVITATION January 7, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Transportation Expert Robert Poole Keynotes Event: ‘Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the Pike’ […]
December 21, 2012
Friday Facts: December 21, 2012
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” – Aesop “I do come home at Christmas. We all do, or […]
December 18, 2012
Checking Up On Health: December 18
Is your health plan “grandfathered” or does it fall under ObamaCare? Do you have “good” genes or mutants? Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The fault […]
December 11, 2012
Checking Up On Health: December 11, 2012
Americans are living longer but sicker. Coverage for pre-existing conditions comes at a cost. States can’t get funds for partial expansion of Medicaid. Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. […]
December 4, 2012
National Transportation Expert Robert Poole
National Transportation Expert Robert Poole
Keynotes Foundation’s first event of 2013
MEDIA ADVISORY December 7, 2012 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Atlanta – Just one week after attending the national Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting, national transportation expert Robert […]
December 4, 2012
Checking Up On Health: December 4, 2012
Voters tend to agree with the federal government setting standards for health insurance coverage but think individuals should have the right to choose reduced coverage if it saves them money. […]
November 27, 2012
Checking Up On Health: November 27
Research on 3D printing of organs; a new flu vaccine; the cost of cancer care; the cost of Medicaid and more. Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The […]
November 9, 2012
Friday Facts: November 9, 2012
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” – Justice Louis D. Brandeis “They are not to do anything they please to […]
October 26, 2012
Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the Pike
Transportation analyst Robert W. Poole of the Reason Foundation will keynote “Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the Pike,” a January 24, 2013 Leadership Breakfast hosted by the Georgia Public […]
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