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By Guest commentary / Friday, March 6th, 2015 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Letting taxpayers off the hook for subsidies: a case of moral hazard
American political culture has morphed from a ‘can do’ attitude to an ‘it’s easier to kick the can down the road’ approach to decision-making.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, February 27th, 2015 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Health care reform is ultimately a question of justice
The courts aren’t justice but merely symbols of our desire to be just — yet so many of our moral issues end up adjudicated there.
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By Erika Martin / Friday, February 6th, 2015 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Nonprofits, Top Stories / Comments Off on Clinics stage comeback as services grow
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics brought its finances into the black largely thanks to the expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act that has dropped the clinics’ number of uninsured patients by 14.4 percent.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, January 23rd, 2015 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Employer-based health care could soon be put on life support
Judging by the trend of the past few years, Americans with job-based coverage could soon become a minority.
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, October 20th, 2014 / Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Ventura County’s Ebola response detailed at health summit
Area hospitals are getting nearly daily updates from the Centers for Disease Control as efforts to contain the Ebola virus in the United States kick into high gear.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, July 5th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Small firms will benefit from an ACA overhaul
In our view, the act places unfair burdens on small companies.
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