The other day, I sorted through Herman Cain‘s recent muddled comments on abortion and concluded that he was just unaware that this is an issue that involves laws, both current and potential, that affect what people can and can’t do. Every time he got asked about abortion, he would answer as if he were advising […]
Health & Social Policy
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One out of Five Ain’t Bad
Rick Perry didn’t lose last night’s debate, which for him, counts as a win.
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The Medicare Bind
Democrats should defend Medicare. But if they want to accomplish much else, they will have to change it.
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Underrating Reform
Even with its compromises, health reform is the most ambitious effort in decades to reorganize a big part of life around principles of justice and efficiency.
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Pause for Concern
In July 2002, the Women’s Heath Initiative (WHI) of the National Institutes of Health announced an abrupt end to its study of so-called Hormone “Replacement Therapy” (used to treat symptoms associated with menopause) because the treatment posed risks of cancer and heart disease. Since this was previously considered the gold standard of menopause science, almost […]
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A Secure System
A former commissioner of Social Security explains how to save it.
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Two Cheers for Clinton’s Social Security Plan
Think Social Security should invest in the stock market? Take a closer look.
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Social Security on the Table
Must we destroy Social Security in order to save it?
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The Great Social Security Scare
Advocates of privatization are using the financial stress of the baby boomers’ retirement to undo the advances that Social Security has brought. Relieving the financial pressures, however, has become a phony excuse for privatization.
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Of Our Time: My Dinner with Bill
P ersonally, it doesn’t bother me at all that Bill Gates’s net worth ($46 billion) is larger than the combined net worth of the bottom 40 percent of American households ($37.8 billion, excluding their cars). Several years ago I had dinner with Bill Gates and about a dozen other people at a nicely appointed home […]
