March 04, 2008

MEDICARE AND ENTITLEMENTS

Medicare's precarious financial situation necessitates the need for comprehensive reform, says Jeb Hensarling...

WASHINGTON TIMES

SICK NOTE CULTURE

In England, once someone has been on incapacity benefits for two years or more, they are more likely to die or retire than work again...

PRESS ASSOCIATION

MARKETS AND MEDICARE

Medicare's unfunded liability is $74 trillion -- five times that of Social Security....

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

DRUG-RESISTANT TB IS SPREADING AROUND THE WORLD

A dangerous form of tuberculosis that is resistant to the most powerful drugs available is spreading rapidly around the world, say experts...

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION/WALL STREET JOURNAL

MEDICARE SPENDING TO SURGE

Government spending on health care is expected to nearly double by 2017 to more than $2 trillion...

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID/WALL STREET JOURNAL

EAT FRUITS -- OH, WAIT, NOT THOSE FRUITS

There's just no evidence that acrylamide at the levels found in foods presents either a toxic or carcinogenic hazard to people, says Ruth Kava...

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH