Many people assume Medicare will cover most of their health care costs when they retire, and that Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, will cover them if they need nursing home care. However, neither program guarantees a low-cost ride through retirement.
The Obama administration's strategy to address the economic crisis may be making the problem worse. Its plan – bailing out one financial institution after another and rebuilding the old system …
Gerald W. Scully was a utility player of an economist who enjoyed tackling and solving a variety of economic questions, from the market value of a professional athlete to the …
NCPA President and Patient Power Author Says Bill Delivers What Universal Health Care Only Promises The health care reforms proposed today by Sens. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC) …
WASHINGTON – Want a retirement savings strategy? Quit smoking. Eat healthy. Lose weight. Exercise 30 minutes a day. These steps are likely to reduce your consumption of healt care, and …
The Republican Party needs serious rejuvenation. Since Ronald Reagan left the presidency in 1989 and Newt Gingrich left the House in 1999, the Republican Party has been in decline. Between 2006 and 2009 it slid from a 55-member Senate majority to a minority of just 40. In 2005 the Republicans controlled the House, 232-203; today the Democratic majority is 257-178. And of course there was a Republican president for eight years; now there is a Democratic one for at least four.
The only way Obama can fix the economy is by changing the way banks do business.
About 82 percent of Americans receive drinking water via publicly-owned water systems, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of these municipal and regional systems operate at a loss, meaning users' fees don't cover the cost of treating and delivering the water. Many water authorities are critically behind on maintenance. They lack the capital to update their water purification and wastewater treatment plants, or to secure additional water supplies to meet expected growth in demand.
There's no good news inside the annual report released Tuesday on the state of Social Security and Medicare. There's just bad news and worse news.
NCPA Report Shows Entitlement Liabilities Are Far Greater Than Trustees' Report Claims
Medicare/Social Security Trustees' Say Outlook is Bleak, NCPA Says It's Much Worse
Every year the Social Security Trustees publish a report on the fiscal solvency of the program. It details the program's unfunded liabilities, which is what the government will still owe after it uses current and future tax receipts to pay for current and future retiree benefits.
A health industry offer on Monday to trim costs by $2 trillion over the next decade found a skeptical audience among health care economists, who say such savings might materialize only if many parts of the industry are ready to sacrifice.
President Barack Obama announced a voluntary offer made by a consortium of hospitals, insurance companies, drugmakers and doctors to cut the growth rate for health care spending by 1.5 percentage points a year.
Socially responsible investing (SRI) is the practice of choosing stocks, bonds or mutual funds based on political, religious or social values. This investment strategy can be hazardous to an individual's portfolio, and if followed by state and local employee pension funds can adversely affect thousands of people's retirement incomes.
Last day for nominations: Friday, May 8 John C. Goodman, Ph.D., President and Founder of the National Center for Policy Analysis, and Kellye Wright Fellow, has significantly changed the landscape …
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, known informally as the "stimulus" bill, appropriated $1.1 billion to create a Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Research. The provision is one of the most controversial in the 1,000-page measure.
First developed by Germany during World War II, the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process offers America a chance to utilize its vast domestic coal supply, increase refining capacity, and produce a cost-efficient and clean fuel.