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Opponents of the new Taxpayer Bill of Rights proposal are aiming directly at the heart of its main justification: that revenue limits on state, county, and municipal governments are necessary to improve Wisconsin's business climate. TABOR, they say, places economic development, and by extension technology investment, in jeopardy. Based in part on Colorado's TABOR experience, det...$685,000 too much for construction Web site, critics say
The Web site for the <a target="blank" href="http://www.mc...US Confronted by a Major Healthcare Crisis, Say Critics
The US is entering a healthcare crisis, many activists are warning. It has one of the poorest health profiles in the developed world,// it has been assessed. Around 46 million in that country people do not have health insurance because they cannot afford it. Drug prices, health insurance, doctor visits and hospital stays are too expensive for many people to afford, while insurance and d...UK Mental Health Reforms Will Do More Harm Than Good, Critics Warn
The British House of Commons has begun the second reading of the controversial Mental Health Bill//. The bill is the government's third attempt in eight years to reform the 1983 Mental Health Act. It seeks to amend the existing legislation on the matter to ensure that patients continue to take medication following discharge and to prevent relapses. Under the propos...Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics
More damning evidence is out on the callousness of the Bush administration towards its own soldiers returning from battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans are finding it evermore difficult to get mental health treatment because military insurance is cutting payments to therapists, on top of the already low reimbursement rates and a tangle of red tape, reports say. Trica...Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics
Some might squirm at the thought that doctors could be on the payrolls of drug manufacturers. Such stories are rampant in many developing countries. But things are no difference in the West too. Recently a study showed repeated visits by representatives of pharmaceutical firms resulted in prescription of untested medicines to patients. Last month the venerable...