Submission by the Free Market Foundation
11 June 2010
Having noted the approach adopted in the Integrated Resource Plan of 2009 (IRP 1), the ensuing discourse, and the 29 input parameters for consultation, there is, we respectfully submit, inadequate attention being paid to regulatory policy. The unstated assumption, informing most contributions
SADC Ministers of Health met in Limpopo on Friday November 11th to commemorate SADC Malaria Day and raise the profile of the disease. The theme of this years event was, Be free of Malaria in the SADC region, which is now conceivable as several countries in the region move towards
Around 700,000 people die every year from Malaria. Most of these are children in Africa. Although some progress has been made in recent years, this disease remains a serious global health problem. While most people understand that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes and can be controlled and cured, the battle
In 2009, a group of 30 physicians from Florida toured Cira García, a well-appointed clinic that is run by the government-owned tourism conglomerate the Cubanacán Group and that primarily serves foreigners. The visiting physicians concluded that once the U.S. embargo is lifted, the facility will be overwhelmed by its foreign
Supporters of the health law are lamenting how the nickname “ObamaCare” has achieved wider purchase than the law’s official title. More egregious, though, is how supporters have successfully misbranded ObamaCare’s health insurance regulations as “consumer protections,” says Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute.
“Consumer protections”
26 June 2012
COMMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS
to the
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
(FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE DIRECTOR: HEALTH PROMOTION)
about the proposed
REGULATIONS RELATING TO SMOKING
IN PUBLIC PLACES AND CERTAIN OUTDOOR PUBLIC PLACES
[MADE KNOWN UNDER GOVERNMENT NOTICE R.264 OF 30 MARCH 2012]
1. Introduction
1.1. The Free Market Foundation of Southern Africa (also referred to here as
Click here to download 9 June: Karl Lawrenz presentation
A major shortcoming of the deficit reduction plan concocted by the president’s Fiscal Commission is that it assumed that the federal government should continue doing everything it currently does. For example, the plan proposed a 15 cent per gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax to fund infrastructure projects.
There have always been well-meaning people burdened with superior wisdom about what others should do with their lives. They have typically found government clout more convenient than persuasion as a means of sharing their wisdom. A pervasive example of such anti-liberalism is the continuous, ubiquitous and increasing pressure to ban
16 Feb 2012
HONOLULU- After years of lobbying lawmakers at the state Capitol, opponents of Hawaiis
workforce smoking ban won a small victory Thursday.
By a vote of 10-1 members of the House Economic Revitalization and Business Committee
approved a measure that would allow bars and nightclubs on Oahu to offer indoor smoking.
Currently, smokers
