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December 11, 2009

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A True Tale of Canadian Health Care

Reason.tv: Why some patients need to go to the U.S. for surgery

Many proponents of overhauling the current U.S. health care system are advocates of a Canadian-style, state-run, no-opt-out, single-payer system. While the status quo leaves much to be desired, champions of Canadian health care should meet Cheryl Baxter, a Canadian citizen who waited years for hip-replacement surgery, only to be told that her operation would not happen any time soon. Instead of waiting, Baxter did what an increasing number of Canadians are doing: She flew to a clinic in the United States, paid out of pocket, and had a life-altering surgery in a matter of weeks rather than years.

 

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Savings for San Diego

Outsourcing to Reduce Costs and Improve Services

San Diego has a short run budget crisis it has to solve, and it has long-run fiscal management challenges that it must start fixing now, or these problems will only return in future budgets. The city can no longer afford inflated spending driven by special interest politics, budget gimmicks, borrowing, and unfunded mandates. To help San Diego turn these realities into action, Reason's Savings for San Diego project will be providing a series of research reports and working with city officials and civic groups

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Emissions Cuts Would Cost India Dearly

The poor can't afford a big tax on energy usage, or a return to the License Raj of times past

Shikha Dalmia

As a developing country, India can least afford to give up its right to consume as much energy as is necessary to deliver all Indians a living standard comparable to the one that rich countries take for granted. There is every reason to believe that the new License Raj will damage India's economy every bit as much as the old one in the preliberalization days, when India's growth rate remained stuck at around 2%. This would be unfortunate at any time, but especially now, when the West itself is in the middle of a huge rethinking on this issue.

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The Scientific Tragedy of Climategate

Can climate change science recover from the damage done by leaked emails?

Ronald Bailey

In their zeal to marginalize and stifle their critics, this insular band of climate researchers has damaged the very science they sought to defend. We all now are the losers.

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Airport Policy and Security Newsletter #52

Who should run airports? TSA's mission creep, the liquids ban stays with us and more

Robert Poole

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Cringing Over Climategate

A major scandal was exposed. So why won't Obama acknowledge it?

Shikha Dalmia

A complete airing of the science of global warming, which is looking less and less avoidable by the day, might eventually vindicate the claims of climate warriors. Or it might not. The only thing Obama can control in this matter is which side he will support: The truth, or—what he accused his predecessor of—ideology.

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Did ABC Fire John Stossel?

The truth about my move to Fox

John Stossel

I left to go to the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network because I want more time to report on free markets and economic liberty, the kind of reporting I do in this column. With two 24-hour news channels, Fox has more room for that.

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