August 13, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: August 13, 2021
Soon after it was established in 1991, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation created the W.A.S.T.E. Award, an ignominious recognition of the Tax Day deadline tha
Topic: The New England Journal of Medicine
February 19, 2021
Friday Facts: February 19, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane: Expanding school choice has been front and center for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its inception, as this article from 1992 demonstrates. The Foundation, which […]
January 24, 2020
Friday Facts: January 24, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “When I was studying economics in college in the 1970s, the professors and the textbooks instructed us that an unemployment rate of about 4% was […]
December 20, 2019 • Friday Facts
December 20, 2019
It’s Friday! News and events January 28, 2020: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates 29 years of policy over politics with an Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner in the […]
September 13, 2019
Friday Facts: September 13, 2019
It’s Friday! Events September 18: Register by Monday to attend “License to Work,” a Foundation noon Policy Briefing Luncheon with the Georgians First Commission task force, focused on occupational licensing […]
May 30, 2019
Friday Facts: December 14, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish we had.” […]
May 3, 2019
Friday Facts: May 3, 2019
It’s Friday! Events May 23: “You Can Say That: How Courage Can Defeat Political Correctness,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon with David French of the National Review Institute, on Thursday, […]
December 14, 2018
Friday Facts: December 14, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish we had.” […]
August 12, 2016
Guide to the Issues: Medical Malpractice
Principles: Medical malpractice reforms should accomplish the following goals: Reduce the rates of preventable patient injuries. Promote open communication between physicians and patients. Ensure patients have access to fair compensation for legitimate medical injuries. […]
November 26, 2013
Checking Up On Health: November 26, 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Welcome to the Thanksgiving holiday edition of Checking Up On Health, my unsuccessful attempt to make you feel especially guilty for […]
September 10, 2013
Checking Up On Health: September 10, 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Docs and their apps: The majority (51 percent) of physicians who own smartphones now use clinical apps in their daily […]
February 28, 2013
A New Approach to Medical Malpractice Reform
The vast majority of those injured by medical negligence never get their day in court. A handful of victims win big awards each year, but 97 percent receive zero compensation […]
October 16, 2012
Checking Up On Health
Is the federal government’s Medicare payment penalty reducing hospital-acquired infections in patients? Health Policy Briefs Compiled By Benita M. Dodd ObamaCare burden: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has […]
August 14, 2012
Checking Up On Health
In this week’s Checking Up on Health, Benita Dodd reports that researchers are using a 3D printer to create lab-grown ears. A CT scan of the existing ear generates a […]
June 12, 2012
Checking Up on Health
By Benita M. Dodd June 12, 2012 Medicaid spending growth outpaces education spending: State revenues are finally returning to pre-recession levels, but the growing cost of providing health care […]
January 16, 2012
Checking Up on Health
Is the federal government’s Medicare payment penalty reducing hospital-acquired infections in patients? Health Policy Briefs Compiled By Benita M. Dodd ObamaCare burden: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has […]
April 27, 2011
Friday Facts: April 27th, 2011
It’s Friday! Quotations – “[President] Obama will participate in a town hall meeting hosted on Facebook. So just like everyone else in America, Obama will be on Facebook when he should […]
February 3, 2011
New Study Shows Medicaid Expansion Could Outstrip Georgia’s Primary Care Capacity
Georgia ranks second in a new study by the The New England Journal of Medicine on the challenges of serving Obamacare’s dramatically increased Medicaid population. "Eight states – Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, […]
February 19, 2010 • Commentary
Developing a Statewide Clinical Trial Registry for Georgia Residents
By Charles Romano and Ross Mason Biotechnology research is emerging in Georgia through a financially buoyant and talented pool of professionals who bring great science, technology and jobs to the […]