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President Obama Responds to Yoani Sanchez, Cuban Blogger

November 19, 2009

     Yoani Sanchez, a courageous Cuban blogger, reports in the Huffington Post that President Obama responded to seven questions that she had posed to him.   More below.

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Health Care Financing Reform: (67) The Reid Bill and the CBO Estimate

November 19, 2009

     Hallelujah!  Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) has released the "Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act" – his melding of the health care reform bills that had been approved by the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate HELP Committee.  In addition, the Congressional Budget Office has released its estimate of the effect of the [...]

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Health Care Financing Reform: (66) Mammography Guidelines from the USPSTF

November 18, 2009

     The United States Preventive Services Task Force has issued recommendations against using mammograms for routine screening for breast cancer among women 40-49, and recommends screening only every two years after age 50.  What timing!

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2009-2010 Supreme Court Term: (2) Court Refuses to Hear "Washington Redskins" Trademark Case

November 16, 2009

     Earlier today the Supreme Court announced that it would not hear the case that had been brought against the owners of the Washington Redskins football team challenging their use of the name "Redskins" as a trademark.  The issue in the case was not the First Amendment or even the substance of Trademark Law; instead, [...]

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Health Care Financing Reform: (65) Business Roundtable Report Supports Senate Finance Committee Plan and Opposes Public Option

November 15, 2009

     The Business Roundtable has issued an enlightening and informative report on health care financing reform.  The Roundtable is concerned primarily with reducing the cost of health care, not with expanding coverage to the uninsured.  The Roundtable's position and the contents of the report are summarized below.

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Health Care Financing Reform: (64) CMS Report on H.R. 3962 – Expanded Coverage, No Effect on Total Cost of Health Care

November 14, 2009

     The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has released its report on the effect of H.R. 3962, the health care reform bill adopted by the House of Representatives.  There is very good news and very bad news.

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9/11 Plotters to Face Death Penalty in New York Federal Court

November 14, 2009

     Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to try five prisoners in the war on terror, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, on criminal charges in New York for the attacks of September 11.  They will face the death penalty.

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What's Bad for General Motors is Bad for the U.S.A. – Our Aging Population of Retirees

November 14, 2009

     According to a recent summary from the Congressional Budget Office, because our population is becoming older and sicker spending on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is set to explode and the resulting mountain of debt will overwhelm us.  Here are the depressing statistics.

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ENDA – The Employment Non-Discrimination Act

November 13, 2009

     In yesterday's post I described how there appears to broad support in favor of enacting ENDA – the law that will prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.  In this post I sketch out the provisions of the proposed federal law.

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Increasing Support for Proposed Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination on Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

November 12, 2009

     The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is moving through both houses of Congress.  A similar law in Salt Lake City picked up unexpected support from the Church of Latter-Day Saints.

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Health Care Financing Reform: (63) Commonwealth Fund Report on Primary Care

November 10, 2009

     The Commonwealth Fund surveyed thousands of primary care physicians from several industrialized countries.  The findings help to explain why Americans pay so much more for health care but somehow have worse health than the people of other countries.

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Abortion Analogies

November 9, 2009

     The enactment of the Stupak Amendment as part of the health care bill reawakens the debate over abortion.  Both sides invoke arguments by analogy in support of their positions on abortion and abortion funding.  I find a third analogy to be more fitting – one that supports the Supreme Court's position that while abortion [...]

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