Why the health secretary’s “well note” is not so swell

O10: Why Preschool Education Programs Is So Important

Neurological development is largely a result of the learning that takes place starting at birth and during the earliest years of life. Child Care and Preschool Education Programs are key to predicting ultimate success in school and life. Children who attend preschool or other early education programs have enhanced cognitive, verbal, and social development (which is maintained into the first few...

Why is health care regulation so complex?

of external supervision of this field. Policy debates, for the most part, swirl not around whether oversight should exist but, instead, around the way it should be structured. However, the present regulatory structure is neither uniform nor consistent. A broad range of regulatory bodies and programs apply in different ways to various aspects of the industry. Health care regulations are develope...

Why is health reform so difficult?

This article examines the possibilities for health care reform in the 111th Congress. It uses a simple model of policy making to analyze the failure of Congress to pass the Clinton health plan in 1993-1994. It concludes that the factors that created gridlock in the 103rd Congress are likely to have a similar impact in the present.

The Health Record - why is it so hard?

Why is health care so expensive in the United States?

In the summer of 1998, I accepted what likely has turned out to be my final professional position in medical physics. When I arrived, my health insurance cost was about $240.00 per month, covering only my spouse and myself. Today, the cost for approximately the same policy has exploded to over $900.00 per month. None of you would be surprised at this; almost everyone in the United States has se...