Topic: United States

November 8, 2013

Making the Right Call on Medicaid, Health Care Reform

States are forced to choose the status quo or expanding a nearly 50-year-old Medicaid program with a history of unsustainable finances and questionable quality. By Kelly McCutchen  Georgia Governor Nathan […]

November 5, 2013

Checking Up On Health: November 5: 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled By Benita M. Dodd Yes, but …I: Ever the optimist, Chuck Lauer, former publisher of Modern Healthcare, has a list of things to remember […]


November 1, 2013

Friday Facts: November 1, 2013

November 1, 2013 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you […]

November 1, 2013

Some Organic Food for Thought

Despite the claims that organic food is safer and more nutritious, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) simply won’t say so. By Harold Brown Despite the claims that organic food […]




October 25, 2013

Friday Facts: October 25, 2013

October 25, 2013  It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. […]

October 25, 2013

Proposed CO2 Standards: Expensive Hot Air

The EPA is working to redefine a gas that every living being exhales into a pollutant. By Benita M. Dodd (This commentary is the basis for testimony by Benita Dodd […]

October 18, 2013

Friday Facts: October 18, 2013

October 18, 2013 It’s Friday! About 200 people attended the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on October 11. Visit our Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/k7xd84g to view photographs of the event; view […]

October 18, 2013

The False Promise of Universal Health Insurance

There are many things that might have been done to reform health care in the United States after Barack Obama was elected. By Greg Scandlen There are many things that […]

October 15, 2013

Checking Up On Health: October 15, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled By Benita M. Dodd Just in time for ragweed season: The Food and Drug Administration has granted Sanofi’s nasal allergy spray Nasacort approval to […]

October 11, 2013

Friday Facts: October 11, 2013

October 11, 2013 It’s Friday! We look forward to seeing you at the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum today! Quotes of Note “Resolved, that the several States composing the United States […]

October 8, 2013

Checking Up On Health: October 8, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd (Back after a two-week hiatus!) There’s an app for that: Apple’s iTunes Store has introduced a section featuring apps aimed […]



October 4, 2013

Friday Facts: October 4, 2013

  October 4, 2013 It’s Friday! Six reasons to sign up for the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum TODAY: 6. Justice for all. When’s the last time you had a discussion […]

September 27, 2013

Friday Facts: September 27, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till […]

September 24, 2013

Atlanta’s Great Strides as a World Class IT Capital

The digital economy is changing the world, and we’re just getting started. Companies are launched every day with just an idea and an Internet connection. Technology has affected nearly every […]

September 23, 2013

New Network of Metro Atlanta Streets Could Connect Us

Atlanta’s mobility and congestion problems are well known. It has the seventh-worth congestion in the country. The area’s residents waste 51 hours a year sitting in traffic, and those delays […]

September 20, 2013

Friday Facts: September 20, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” – Friedrich von […]

September 17, 2013

Checking Up On Health: September 17, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd First, the good news: Americans are living longer and healthier lives than ever before, according to a new study published […]

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 […]

September 6, 2013

Friday Facts: September 6, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but […]

September 6, 2013

Practical Strategies Can Increase Mobility in Georgia

There is an opportunity for Georgia to develop a quality transportation network without raising taxes. By Baruch Feigenbaum  Even the through travelers know it: Georgia’s transportation system is inadequate. Metro […]

September 3, 2013

Checking Up On Health: September 3, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd   Healing broken hearts: Reprogrammed cells could be used to grow new muscles that help repair scar tissue after a […]

August 30, 2013

Friday Facts: August 30, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.” – Calvin Coolidge “The time is always right to do […]

August 30, 2013

Acid Rain Cleans Up Its Act

Over the decades it’s become clear that an environmental crisis is the media’s baby; environmental progress is an orphan. By Harold Brown Over the decades it’s become clear that an […]

August 27, 2013

Checking up on Health: August 27, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Self-diagnosis? It can save you a trip to the pediatrician and help ensure that health care resources are used more […]
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