A new study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projecting rapidly rising health costs ignores the very real possibility that current health care reform proposals before Congress could actually make things worse…
Many people are concerned that an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere – due primarily to such human activities as burning fossil fuels for energy – is causing the Earth to warm, with potentially harmful results. In response, many developed countries agreed to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, committing them to limit and eventually reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The United States chose not to participate, in part because the agreement exempts such developing countries as China and India, although they have the world's fastest-growing economies and emissions.
President Obama addressed Congress two weeks ago on the issue of health care, and on the same day an Associated Press GfK poll showed that the proportion of Americans who strongly approve of the way he is doing his job has fallen from 41% in December to 24% now. And the percentage of people who strongly disapprove of his performance has risen from 6% to 35%.
President Obama addressed Congress two weeks ago on the issue of health care, and on the same day an Associated Press GfK poll showed that the proportion of Americans who strongly approve of the way he is doing his job has fallen from 41% in December to 24% now. And the percentage of people who strongly disapprove of his performance has risen from 6% to 35%.
Health insurance policies in New Jersey rank among the most expensive in the United States due to over-regulation and expensive mandates that are very similar to those now proposed by President Obama…
Lack of health insurance is a significant, persistent problem in New Jersey. In 2007, more than 1.3 million residents were uninsured – three-fourths were working-age adults 19 to 64 years old. About 15.6 percent of New Jersey residents are uninsured, which is close to the national average, and the U.S. Census Bureau recently ranked New Jersey 34th among states in the percentage of residents with insurance coverage.
After the decline of the stock market in the fall of 2008, many people felt that holding on to their money and having it retain its value was better than continuing to contribute money to a money-losing investment.
In fall 2008, the stock market suffered a severe decline. Fear prompted a number of individuals to suspend contributions to their 401(k) retirement accounts. They reasoned that holding the money and having it retain its face value was preferable to putting it in a money-losing investment. Even employees who were invested in bonds, rather than equities, stopped contributing. Some companies temporarily suspended their matching contributions.
Sifting out what's right in Sarah Palin's 'death panels' hyperbole
A new study in the American Journal of Public Health claiming that lack of health insurance increases the risk of death by 40% is flawed…
One of the primary goals of health reform is to ensure that all Americans have health insurance. Yet it is generally overlooked that the proportion of Americans without health coverage has been relatively stable over time. According to the Census Bureau, in 2008 the number of individuals in the United States lacking health coverage rose from 45.7 million to 46.3 million. The proportion of uninsured Americans remained virtually unchanged, rising from 15.3 percent to 15.4 percent.
Free Our Health Care Now Media Coverage
Leading opponents of government-run health care provided a massive demonstration of strength today, as the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) and Salem Radio Network delivered the more than 1.3 million signatures behind their joint "Free Our Health Care Now" petition to Congress at a rally held on Capitol Hill.
Dozens of very productive new wells near North Dakota's Bakken oil field have state officials believing another massive new oil find may be at hand.
The health care debate would be poorer without the contributions of John Goodman's National Center for Policy Analysis.
A large grassroots healthcare campaign has generated support from more than a million Americans.
CIFTA – the 1997 small-arms trafficking treaty drafted with the help of the Clinton administration – is bad as a matter of principle and policy.
Ever since its inception 12 years ago, the Roth individual retirement account has been popular with investors who love its simplicity.
The mother of all petitions is being readied for delivery to Capitol Hill, courtesy of the National Center for Policy Analysis. The nonpartisan research group has accrued 1.2 million verified signatures of folks allied against Obamacare. It is expected to be the largest policy petition to be presented before Congress.
Growing public school enrollment, an increase in the number of teachers retiring or leaving the profession and legislated limits on class size have made finding competent educators a growing challenge. In recent years, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have established alternative certification programs to help meet this challenge. But have these programs been successful?