Articles By Author Sean Parnell
Articles by Sean Parnell
08/01/2006 12:00 AM
As Connecticut's 2006 legislative session drew to a close in May, a measure to allow the Nutmeg State's residents to purchase more affordable health insurance ...(read more)
05/01/2006 12:00 AM
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) on March 10 signed legislation expanding Milwaukee's innovative school voucher program, averting what some education reformers ...(read more)
05/01/2006 12:00 AM
The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee of the U.S. Senate passed a Small Business Health Plans (SBHPs) bill March 15, sending the legislation ...(read more)
04/01/2006 12:00 AM
McDonald's Corporation, the largest restaurant chain in the world, has begun putting nutritional information on the packaging of its food. The initiative ...(read more)
03/01/2006 12:00 AM
There are two tort systems in West Virginia, or so it seems to observers of the litigation climate there. The first has been reformed in recent years, delivering ...(read more)
02/01/2006 12:00 AM
In recent years, reform of tort law has moved to the top of the agenda for many state and national elected officials. Advocates of tort reform cite lost ...(read more)
02/01/2006 12:00 AM
Two recent class-action cases illustrate how lawsuit abuse in Illinois has damaged the state's legal reputation. Although the Illinois Supreme Court recently ...(read more)
01/01/2006 12:00 AM
Canadians seeking health care continue to be plagued by long waits, according to a recent report from The Fraser Institute.
Released in October 2005, ...(read more)
11/01/2005 12:00 AM
Responding to rising fuel costs and fears of gas shortages related to Hurricane Katrina, elected officials and local school districts in Georgia have taken ...(read more)
10/01/2005 12:00 AM
Health care reform is one of the most significant public policy issues facing the United States. The debate frequently focuses on government policy and ...(read more)
10/01/2005 12:00 AM
A new report shows that "direct instruction" (DI), a teaching method relying heavily on phonics and repetition, has helped raise reading and math scores, ...(read more)
10/01/2005 12:00 AM
After mostly unsuccessful efforts to boost state taxes on beer and other alcoholic beverages in 2005, advocates for higher taxes are likely to face another ...(read more)
09/01/2005 12:00 AM
At the National Conference on Tobacco or Health, held in Chicago in May and attended by more than 5,000 tobacco control advocates and health education officials, ...(read more)
09/01/2005 12:00 AM
The debate over health care reform frequently focuses on government policy and programs, often to the exclusion of nongovernment solutions. In this article, ...(read more)
08/26/2005 12:00 AM
Tennessee government officials have made country singer Gretchen Wilson the latest target of their anti-tobacco zealotry.
In concert, Wilson apparently ...(read more)
08/01/2005 12:00 AM
Citing the danger of bureaucratic rationing of care, economically damaging taxes, and loss of health care choices for patients, on June 22 Vermont Gov. ...(read more)
08/01/2005 12:00 AM
Vermont's state government contributed to the state's uninsured problem by mandating guaranteed issue (forbidding insurance companies from denying coverage ...(read more)
08/01/2005 12:00 AM
State and local taxes imposed on telecommunications services continue to be more than double the average tax levied on general business, according to a ...(read more)
06/01/2005 12:00 AM
Prescription drugs not only improve health and save lives--they can save money by reducing the need for expensive surgery or other costly treatments. One ...(read more)
05/01/2005 12:00 AM
On March 8, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)--ignoring its own research and new studies showing the benefits of competition and specialization--recommended ...(read more)
04/07/2005 12:00 AM
Prepared remarks delivered on April 7, 2005, at the Heartland Capital Forum
in Springfield, Illinois
I would like to talk to you briefly today about ...(read more)
03/27/2005 12:00 AM
When will the governor admit his illegal drug importation scheme isn't working as promised? CanaRx, one of the suppliers for the I-Save-Rx program, admitted ...(read more)
03/09/2005 12:00 AM
Most Americans are aware that our health care system is broken. Unfortunately, Congress got some bad advice earlier this week that would make it more difficult ...(read more)
03/01/2005 12:00 AM
A recently released study documents what many in higher education and the business world have been saying for years: U.S. high school curriculum requirements ...(read more)
03/01/2005 12:00 AM
The Maine state legislature will consider a bill introduced this session by State Rep. Tom Shields (R-Auburn) to repeal the state's Certificate of Need ...(read more)
