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• in Politics
  An Oasis of Brilliance in Arizona’s Desert Full of Crazy
  Believe it or not, Arizona takes the lead with a smart new public policy idea.
  by jimmyzuma / on Jun 16, 2011
• in Politics
  A Marijuana Policy that will Blow your Mind
  What if marijuana makes you more productive at work?
  by jimmyzuma / on Mar 17, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “public policy”

 

• The Knot at the Bottom of the Rope

  
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  From a reader who I appreciate: David, I am curious if you have thoughts about insurance companies (especially P&C) hedging political risk … the answer to this question obviously will carry over to healthcare quickly. Recently, my state (Corrupticut) was hit by hurricane Sandy. Many municipalities (but not ...
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• Saluting Operation HOPEs Own Jena Roscoe

  
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    Jena Roscoe serves as First Senior Vice President and Chief of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Operation HOPE. Ms. Roscoe is the first Senior Director of the East Coast Regional Corporate Headquarters at Gallup in Washington, DC.   Jena Roscoe is in charge of the HOPE Office of Government Relations and ...
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• Justin Bieber Announces OPENING ACT! And It’s Not Such Great News

  
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  If you were expecting someone “good” to open for Justin Bieber on his upcoming mega tour – you can just about forget that! And by good I need edgy or substantial – in any way.   Scooter Braun, the dude … Continue reading →
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• Operation HOPE and the Gallup-HOPE Index Cited in U.S. Senate Resolution for Financial Literacy Month, 2013

  
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       Operation HOPE, the organization that helped to pioneer financial literacy as U.S. federal policy in January, 2008, as then President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order inspired by our on-the-ground work, is proud to once again have its work cited amongst U.S. policy makers. The U.S. ...
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• The Koch brothers: proud owners of North Carolina

  
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  And the takeover couldnt have happened without some Judas Iscariots to betray our freedoms : Phillips declined to say how much money AFP, which isn’t required to disclose its contributions and spending, spent in the state. “It was significant,” Phillips said. “There will be more old conservative policy ...
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• Americans feeling more financially insecure

  
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  By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn First Posted at Health Populi on 5/10/2013 One in three workers does not feel financially secure. The proportion of Americans who feel “not at all secure” grew to 16% from 12% between 2011 and 2012, based on the question, “When it comes to paying your bills and keeping up with living ...
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• Mothers Day: The True Story Never Told

  
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  With all the flowery sentimentality surrounding Mothers Day, the real meaning of mothers day is easily lost. read more
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• Price variations in US healthcare market and the power of data visualization

  
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  Competitive markets deliver cost-effective health care? No, if evidence presented in the graphic from New Jersey on treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  is to be believed. In the same New York city area, a joint replacement surgery ...
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• Love Your Mother? Give Her a Mommagram

  
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  Theres a reason they tell you to put the oxygen mask on yourself first when youre on an airplane with a child. You cant help the kid if youre passed out. Ladies, lets be honest. Who among us would really do that? We are hard-wired to take care of others first, then with the scraps and dregs of our energy and time, we ...
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• A Case Study of Promoting Healthy Public Policy through Community-Based Participatory Research

  
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  A Study about Promoting Healthy Public Policy through Community-Based Participatory Research Executive Summary: Community-based participatory research, or CBPR, is increasingly recognized as a potent approach to conducting research with rather than on communities. CBPR builds capacity at the same time that it ...
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• A review of Mr Rao’s recommendations

  
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  A short review of Mr Raos recommendations, below ensure Inclusive Development for all employable Indians in the 250,000 Panchayats by transparent & relevant Skill Development Programmes linked to regular evaluation & monitoring for their success [ Sanjeev: Will the government do this? How - what are the ...
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• Sorted Weekly Tweets

  
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  China   Pettis: I would argue that until Beijing has cleaned up its debt problems and its very unstable balance sheets, it cannot move quickly. $$ Pettis: Reducing the [interest] subsidy by raising rates would cause them all to bleed money. (DM: thus fin’l liberalization difficult) $$ Pettis: Far more than ...
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• The federales’ open data policy and the Medicare hospital chargemaster data dump … Please don’t inundate us with junk.

  
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  By David Harlow First Posted at HealthBlawg on 5/10/2013 So just about everyone is pretty pumped about the White House announcement of its new open data policy. Todd Park gives us the skinny on the latest in Open Government — The Executive Order and related Open Data Policy – in 60 seconds. (Gotta love that ...
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• Justin vs. Justin, America Has Spoken!

  
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  Justin vs. Justin, America Has Spoken! A survey conducted by Public Policy Polling determined that Justin Timberlake was the public’s first choice to be named president. Adele and Beyonce were runners-up in the poll to a spot in the White House. All Americans also agreed on their dislike for Justin Bieber ...
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• Will the CommonWell Health Alliance Succeed at Solving Nationwide Data Exchange?

  
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  By Waco Hoover First Posted at Institute for Health Technology Transformation on 4/8/2013 The Health IT Policy Committee recently analyzed the CommonWell Health Alliance, a newly formed vendor-led coalition to promote interoperability. The Alliance comprised ...
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• Easy In, Hard Out (Updated)

  
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  My view is that there is no such thing as a free lunch, not even for governments or central banks.  Any action taken may have benefits, but also imposes costs, even if those costs are imposed upon others.  So it is for the Fed.  At the beginning of 2008, they had a small, clean, low duration (less than three years) ...
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• Community Colleges Lower Standards And Cheat Students

  
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  Higher education is in serious trouble. Plagued with the pressures of escalating costs and retention challenges, all sorts of perverse incentives are being introduced that are changing the quality of the education delivered. In an effort to save money, many college students make the choice to spend their first two ...
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• Firearms, gun control and politics

  
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  The people who want most fiercely to obtain and use guns include many of the same people whose access to guns society most needs to restrict. In the mass shooting in July in Aurora, Colorado, the killer’s actions were lawful almost until the moment he began firing. If the preparations of mass murder are legal, then ...
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• This Weeks New Books--Beggar Thy Neighbor and As American as Shoofly Pie

  
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  Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt Charles R. Geisst 400 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4462-5 | $39.95 | £26.00 From the Roman Empire to the most recent financial crisis, this...
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• U.S Army Announces $7B in Renewable Energy Projects

  
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  The U.S. Army has just launched the first in a series of renewable energy contracts that will eventually total $7 billion by the end of this year, using power purchase agreements along with a standard procurement tool that is expected to crush any obstacles that are put in its path. That includes the notorious budget ...
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