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Commentary by RAND Health Staff

RAND Health researchers contribute commentaries to newspapers worldwide. This page provides a chronological list of commentaries written by RAND researchers on health-related topics.

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RAND is a nonpartisan institution and as such does not take positions on issues; commentary by RAND staff reflect the opinions of the authors and not those of RAND itself.

2007

August 16, 2007: Spending Aid to Palestinians Wisely

By David Aaron, C. Ross Anthony (International Herald Tribune)

March 7, 2007: Marketing is Making Us Fat

By Deborah Cohen (United Press International)

February 21, 2007: A Desired Epidemic: Obesity and the Food Industry

By Deborah Cohen (The Washingon Post)

January 7, 2007: Flooded with Food

By Deborah Cohen (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

2006

August 27, 2006: Are We Prepared? Not Quite

By K. Jack Riley (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

August 20, 2006: Mississippi Comeback

By George Penick and K. Jack Riley (Los Angeles Times)

June 16, 2006: Help for Homeless Women

By Suzanne L. Wenzel (Washingtonpost.com)

February 20, 2006: The HSA Mirage

By Dana Goldman and Jesse Malkin (United Press International)

January 13, 2006: A Simple Rx for Part D

By Geoffrey Joyce (United Press International)

2005

December 14, 2005: Vision for a Successful Palestine

By Michael Rich (Washington Times)

October 23, 2005: Pressure from Rising Health-Care Costs: How Can Consumers Get Relief?

By Dana P. Goldman (Press-Enterprise)

October 11, 2005: Health Costs of Katrina

By Dana P. Goldman and Mark A. Schuster (United Press International)

October 3, 2005: Healing Storm Victims' Mental Health

By Kenneth B. Wells and Greer Sullivan (Newsday)

September 30, 2005: Acknowledge Problem, Then Fix It

By Elizabeth A. McGlynn (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

May 22, 2005: Planning for Palestine

By Steven Simon and C. Ross Anthony (Baltimore Sun)

March 27, 2005: Why We Know Painfully Little About Dying

By June Lunney and Joanne Lynn (Washington Post)

2004

December 30, 2004: Prepare the Public

By Nicole Lurie and Jeffrey Wasserman (United Press International)

November 28, 2004: 'Lifestyle' and Live-Saving Drugs

By Thomas Croghan and Patricia Pittman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

November 9, 2004: Shortages Beyond Flu Shots

By Jennifer Brower (Washington Times)
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August 12, 2004: Afghanistan Without Doctors

By Cheryl Benard (Wall Street Journal)

June 7, 2004: How Can Individuals Be Better Prepared for Catastrophic Terrorist Attacks?

By Lynn Davis (The Connection)

2003

July 14, 2003: U.S. Foreign Policy Must Include the Eradication of Dangerous Diseases

By Kenneth Shine and Ross Anthony (Modern Healthcare)

June 26, 2003: Sharing of Health-Care Data Needs a Tuneup

By Elizabeth A. McGlynn (Los Angeles Times)

June 10, 2003: Steps Can Be Taken to Improve Public Healthcare

By Catherine A. Jackson (The Miami Herald)

February 13, 2003: The Weapons of Mass Creation

By Caroline S. Wagner (Los Angeles Times)

2002

December 11, 2002: Take Two Aspirin and Call Congress

By Dana P. Goldman and Geoffrey F. Joyce (Los Angeles Times)

September 24, 2002: AIDS Can Threaten National Stability

By Peter Chalk (United Press International)