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Cost Effectiveness

At long last! IPOA is Right

David Isenberg | Posted 03.04.2010 | Home


David Isenberg

Doug Brooks, founder and head of IPOA, a trade group for private military and security contractors, has long claimed that using such contractors is mo...

Military Ethics and Private Military Contractors

David Isenberg | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics


David Isenberg

It is not just polemicists at the Nation who question the use of private military contractors -- professors at the U.S. Naval Academy and at West Point have also critiqued the practice.

Contractors and Cost Effectiveness

David Isenberg | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics


David Isenberg

Today, the U.S. military relies on private contractors to the extent that they serve as the equivalent of an American Express credit card. The military literally can't go without them.

The Problem Isn't the Recommendation, It's How We React to It.

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 03.18.2010 | Politics


Aaron E. Carroll

Mammograms weren't outlawed. They weren't taken away. No one's insurance stopped covering them. It's just a recommendation.

Tearing Down the Barriers to Competition

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 03.18.2010 | Denver


Rep. Diana DeGette

Potentially egregious anti-trust violations in the insurance industry should not be permitted, and the government should be given the power to protect the public from harmful behavior that drives up prices.

Confusion in the Senate Regarding Allowance Allocation

Robert Stavins | Posted 03.18.2010 | Green


Robert Stavins

The new debate over climate change is repeating the confusion that was prevalent in the press about the allowance allocation in the Waxman-Markey legislation in the House of Representatives.

Too Good To Be True?

Robert Stavins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


Robert Stavins

I had thought that arguments about massive "free lunches" in the energy efficiency and climate domain had long since been laid to rest. The debates in California (and some of the rhetoric in Washington) prove otherwise.

Cost Effective Medical Care

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 02.12.2010 | Politics


Dr. Dennis Gottfried

Physicians ration care daily based on the patient's type of insurance, on our office's ability to obtain preauthorization, on patient's demands, and on the patient's willingness to pay.

"Anything" Is Not Necessarily Better Than the Health Care We Have Now

Deane Waldman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Deane Waldman

Health care is considered so sick in the USA that many believe anything is better than what we have now, so let's pass ObamaCare. At least, it is a ...