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Privacy Vs. Security: How The Debate Changes

Arnold Hamilton - March 31, 2015 0

BY FROMA HARROP The pilot who crashed the Germanwings plane, taking 150 lives, was too ill to work, according to doctors’ notes found at his home. But Germany’s strict medical privacy laws barred the doctors from conveying that judgment to the airline. A horrific event that could have been averted with a sharing of information […]

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Cruz And Taxes

Arnold Hamilton - March 31, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN Two things: why are taxes so hard to figure and what do we get for our money? Ted Cruz wants to abolish the...

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What Oklahoma Schools Need

Arnold Hamilton - March 29, 2015 0

BY JOHN THOMPSON In advance of Monday’s pro-public schools rally at the state Capitol, Oklahoma education bloggers have been challenged to articulate what we would...

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Obamacare Should Be Less Complex

Arnold Hamilton - March 27, 2015 0

BY FROMA HARROP Let’s start on an upbeat. Next to what we had before, ObamaCare has been a spectacular success. The Affordable Care Act has brought medical security to millions of previously uninsured Americans and has helped slow the rise in health care spending. But the health reforms would have been more spectacular had they […]

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The Value Of Nurses

Arnold Hamilton - March 26, 2015 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH I never quite understood what “nursing” really meant until the past six months, when the supposed superstar doctor who operated on me in Phoenix [One of the smartest male doctors I know told me she was the best, a woman, how wonderful; beware gender bias.] made a mess of my intestines, leaving […]