The Results-Based Government Issue Area Committee addresses such critical goals as government reform, infrastructure development, tax policy, land-use planning and health care.

Performance Measures

• Business tax reform
• Changes in Workers' Compensation ratings
• Reduction in medical costs
• Reduction in teen pregnancy
• Investment in local/ regional infrastructure development
• Reduction in infant mortality rate
• Per capita tax burden

• 7/30/2002
  Griffin B. Bell Speech
  This document contains Judge Bell's speech on asbestos litigation reform.
  
• 4/11/2002
  Roundtable to participate in nationwide coalition to solve asbestos litigation crisis
  The Asbestos Alliance, led by the National Association of Manufacturers, has asked the West Virginia Roundtable to join a nationwide coalition to address the asbestos litigation crisis. The attached document is a legislative alert from the Asbestos Alliance explaining how runaway litigation has increased asbestos-related bankruptcies and destroyed American jobs, companies and pensions. For additional Roundtable information on this issue, please see the News Briefs section of this web site under Roundtable News. For further information on the Asbestos Alliance, please go to: http://www.asbestossolution.org/
  
• 10/2/2001
  Roundtable Letter to Governor Wise Regarding West Virginia's Medical Malpractice Insurance Environment
  This document is a letter from Roundtable President and CEO Dana E. Waldo to West Virginia Governor Bob Wise. The letter updates the Governor on a Resolution adopted by the Roundtable and requests that the State take action to resolve the current medical malpractice insurance crisis.
  
• 10/2/2001
  Roundtable Resolution Urges State to Work with Appropriate Groups to Resolve Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis
  The West Virginia Roundtable officially adopted this Resolution on September 28, 2001, requesting that the State work with appropriate groups to address the current medical malpractice insurance environment in the State. The Resolution calls on state government to work cooperatively with key stakeholders and other policymakers to resolve the malpractice insurance crisis in West Virginia and prevent it from adversely affecting the citizens and economy.
  
• 9/27/2001
  The Business Community and Health Care
  Health care plays a vital role in West Virginia, a role that includes both providing employment and supporting critical public services. This article, written by the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA), emphasizes that state leaders understand that private employers must shoulder a sizable windfall when state health care programs do not pay the full cost of care for those they cover. According to the WVHA, the State of West Virginia alone shifted over $70 million of Medicaid and PEIA costs to private employers in 2000. This article focuses on two specific WVHA points. First, underpayment by government health care programs has a direct impact on private employers. Second, West Virginia needs a healthy, insured workforce. The article may be read in its entirety by clicking on the link http://www.wvha.com/publicat/reports/business%20health%20care.pdf
  
• 9/20/2001
  Misjudgment, Rudeness, Electoral Theft, and the Politics of Judging
  This article, written by Charles McElwee, takes a close look at the controversy surrounding the 1999 attempt by then-Governor Cecil Underwood to appoint House Speaker Bob Kiss to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Appeals, as well as Justice Warren McGraw's controversial candidacy in 2000 for a 12-year term on the court. Yet, it goes well beyond the two occurrences which drew so much attention and scrutiny. The article examines the Kiss and McGraw situations, and suggests that the State Constitution was amended and tailored for the respective arguments. The third part of the article considers the McGraw dissenter's accusation, while the final portion describes "The Business of Judging."
  
• 8/29/2001
  Roundtable President/CEO Speaks to WV Health Care Authority about Certificate of Need Standards for Open Heart Surgery
  West Virginia Roundtable President and CEO Dana E. Waldo submitted these comments at the board meeting of the West Virginia Health Care Authority on August 29, 2001. In his comments, Waldo urged the board to strongly consider three factors as it looked at the certificate of need standards for open heart surgery -- staffing, costs and quality. Waldo noted that these considerations must not only be given with regard to open heart surgery standards, but also in the broader context of health care delivery in West Virginia.
  
• 5/4/2001
  Summary Report of Ad Hoc Business Evaluation Group for the Proposed Regional Airport in Southern West Virginia
  The debate over the construction of a regional airport in Southern West Virginia has taken place for many years. In 2000, an ad hoc group of economic development and business leaders was formed to study this issue. Input from the West Virginia Roundtable and other prominent organizations led to the formation of this group. After nearly a year of study and research, the group determined that "affordable and convenient air service is very important" to the economic future of the region, and that future needs would be best served by continuing the planning process for a regional air service facility. However, the group pointed out that there are several other factors affecting West Virginia's business climate that are more critical at the present time. The group also noted that if these other factors are not solved first, there would be no need to build a new airport.