Archives By Month: December 2017
How Medicare Imperils Patient Care for Seniors
Medicare Rules Imperil Patient Care; Physicians Offer Solutions In comments submitted to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Monday, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) asked for significant changes to regulations that imperil the medical care of 57 million seniors and millions more with ostensibly private insurance.
Canadian Medicare
Medicare is a term that refers to Canada’s publicly funded health care system. Instead of having a single national plan, we have 13 provincial and territorial health care insurance plans. Under this system, all Canadian residents have reasonable access to medically necessary hospital and physician services without paying out-of-pocket. Roles and responsibilities for health care […]
The Ever-More-Hostile Internet
Safe Spaces Are an Answer to the Ever-More-Hostile Internet If Facebook, YouTube and Twitter won’t police online content, there are new services and apps to do it By Christopher Mims | WSJ | Dec. 3, 2017 America is finally waking up to the fact that the internet is an increasingly hostile and unsafe place to do […]
Sexual Politics – Due Process Restored
The DeVos revision of sexual-abuse rules will reveal who stands where on due process. By Daniel Henninger | WSJ | Sept 13, 2017 In the annals of American justice, it will be hard to exceed what the Obama administration tried to do with its Title IX guidance letter in 2011. The letter from the Department […]