This board does not endorse Proposition 45 for the Nov. 4 ballot. This measure would give the state insurance commissioner the ability to review and approve health insurance rates for individual and small group plans, striking down those that are excessive or unfair. Read more...
Opinion
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November 3, 12:00 am
Proposition 45
Editorials, Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 3, 12:00 am
Sandra Fluke
This board endorses Sandra Fluke for State Senate for her concrete platforms that emphasize social justice. Though Fluke is new to the 26th district, we believe she will bring a much needed, fresh perspective to the Senate. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 31, 12:34 am
Submission: Prop. 45 will raise health insurance prices, lower care quality
Proposition 45 is a poor attempt to prevent the rising insurance rates caused by the Affordable Care Act. Proposition 45 gives all the power of determining health care prices to one bureaucrat. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 31, 12:26 am
Julia McCarthy: Free online AP courses can lower costs, class sizes
This month, Houston’s Rice University started offering a free online Advanced Placement biology class for anyone who has access to the Internet. That means high school students from Indiana to Indonesia could all be learning the fundamentals of homeostasis at the same time in the same virtual classroom this fall. Read more...
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Community, Opinion
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October 31, 12:26 am
Submission: Prop. 45 provides necessary insurance rate regulation
The California state government has two main ways of monitoring health insurance rates: One, Covered California can “negotiate” rates with health insurance companies, and two, the California Department of Insurance or Department of Managed Health Care can “review” rates and point out rate hikes they find unreasonable, although they have no executive power to strike the rates down. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 31, 12:26 am
Submission: Prop. 45 a bureaucratic solution to a resolved issue
Proposition 45 will give one politician in Sacramento the sole authority to regulate health care, including control over copays, deductibles and even coverage. This proposition creates more costly bureaucracy and unnecessary government oversight. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 30, 12:06 am
Submission: Faculty members should vote for College Diversity Initiative’s passage
Editor’s note: The submission below was originally sent by members of UCLA’s Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity to faculty in the College of Letters and Science on Oct. Read more...