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The Economics of Healthcare Costs
Nestled within the University of Texas educational system, MD Anderson is one of the three original cancer centers as established by the National Cancer Act of 1971. The center is consistently highly ranked in cancer care internationally, and in the case of Sean Recchi, it was his choice in the treatment of his Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. [...]
Obama’s second term: Where the US stands on science policy
To mark the beginning of his second term as America’s President, The Triple Helix Online will be writing about the future of Barack Obama’s science policy. Through the rest of January, our staff writers will explore issues spanning healthcare reform, drug policy, and energy independence. Shortly after he took office in early 2009, Mr. Obama [...]
Supreme Healthcare Reform: Can the Court Resolve the Debate?
On November 14, 2011, the Supreme Court granted review to a challenge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), announcing that it would rule on fundamental questions regarding the law’s constitutionality and role in determining the authority of the states versus the authority of the federal government.1 While the 2,700-page Act addresses many [...]
Medicare: “Generational Divide” and the Future
In April of this year, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) of the House Budget Committee released a proposal for the 2012 federal budget. While Ryan’s budget would reduce spending by $5.8 trillion over the next ten years, Republican leaders backed down from the proposal in May, mainly because it included a controversial plan to completely overhaul [...]
The Altruism of Recycling
Why do we recycle? A 1996 New York Times commentary declared recycling to be “the most wasteful activity in modern America” [1]. Critics have suggested that recycling lowers industrial rates of production and consumes enough energy to easily outweigh its scant benefits to the environment [2]. On the other hand, there is also evidence proposing [...]
Chile vs. Haiti: Political Economy and Earthquake Preparedness
In the first two months of this year the world experienced two devastating earthquakes: one in Haiti and one in Chile, begging a comparison between the two incidents. Haiti, of course, was a worldwide sensation. In the month or two following the earthquake nearly every fundraiser and charity seemed to be providing relief to Haiti [...]
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