Health Wonk Review Review: One of the Strongest Yet
Forbes.com – Jason Shafrin of Healthcare Economist hosts an unusually strong and interesting edition of Health Wonk Review.
Stocks Pay Off in Retirement
Bankrate.com – The National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, free-market think tank, calculated that savers who stayed the course from the bottom of the stock market in March 2009 to January 2011 saw a 77 percent increase in their money.
Mattress Investing Revisited
In the fall of 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest level in five years, prompting even steadfast savers to panic. The average 401(k) account fell 23 percent in 2008, according to the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI).
No Capitalism Please, We’re Health-Care Providers
Connecticut Business News Journal – As economist Charles Phelps put it, the “health
care system… remains the most intensively regulated sector of the U.S. economy.”
Ponzi Schemes
Townhall.com: Jack Lew is lucky he isn’t in prison. Were he representing a private pension fund and if he made the sort of statements he made in USA Today the other day, he might well be sharing a cell with Bernie Madoff. So who is Jack Lew? And what did he say?
China Recalculates: Slow Down And Be Happy
Forbes.com – China is planning deliberately to allow its ten percent growth rate to slow a bit in order to give the Chinese people more of the fruits of their own labor. Hence, slow down and be happy.
China Recalculates: Slow Down And Be Happy
Forbes.com – China is planning deliberately to allow its ten percent growth rate to slow a bit in order to give the Chinese people more of the fruits of their own labor. Hence, slow down and be happy.
John Goodman on Medicaid Outcomes
Forbes: I’ve been mentioning John Goodman’s name a lot recently, but he’s deserved it. Today, he’s published an excellent piece for Kaiser Health News, entitled “Is Medicaid Real Insurance?” that goes through many of the reasons why Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion will lead to poorer-quality care for lower-income families. An excerpt:
Is Medicaid Real Insurance?
Kaiser Health News: As governors across the land struggle with fiscal pressures and pepper the federal government with requests to scale back Medicaid – many people are losing sight of the fact that health care reform (what some call ObamaCare) requires a huge expansion of Medicaid.
Is Medicaid Real Insurance?
Kaiser Health News: As governors across the land struggle with fiscal pressures and pepper the federal government with requests to scale back Medicaid – many people are losing sight of the fact that health care reform (what some call ObamaCare) requires a huge expansion of Medicaid.
ObamaCare's Worst Feature?
Reason: John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, names his pick for the “absolute worst” thing about the health care overhaul:
Mar 24, 2011
NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., will speak at the March meeting of the University of North Texas Young Americans for Liberty at UNT’s Wooten Hall in Denton, Texas. …
Students Encouraged to Apply for Four Star Debate Program With Gen. Tommy Franks
Yahoo! Finance – Students from across the nation interested in learning from today’s top policy experts are encouraged to apply for the Four Star Debate program at Oklahoma Christian University (OC) in Oklahoma City from July 10-15.
Why Is There A Problem With Health Care Quality?
Health Affairs Blog: Go to the web site of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and you will learn that DMC facilities rank among the ‘nation’s best hospitals’ by U.S. News & World Report and that they have won other awards. The DMC has some of the ‘best’ heart doctors; it is ‘tops’ in cancer care; and it ranks among the ‘nation’s safest hospitals.’
Why Is There A Problem With Health Care Quality?
Health Affairs Blog: Go to the web site of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and you will learn that DMC facilities rank among the ‘nation’s best hospitals’ by U.S. News & World Report and that they have won other awards. The DMC has some of the ‘best’ heart doctors; it is ‘tops’ in cancer care; and it ranks among the ‘nation’s safest hospitals.’
A Very Bad Year
A year ago today President Obama signed into law the broadest, most expensive, most intrusive health-care bill in our history.
A Very Bad Year
The Wall Street Journal – A year ago today President Obama signed into law the broadest, most expensive, most intrusive health-care bill in our history.
Repeal Is Perfect Present For ObamaCare Birthday
Investor’s Business Daily – Anniversaries are usually a time for celebration, but the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare is nothing to celebrate.
Repeal Is Perfect Present For ObamaCare Birthday
Investor’s Business Daily – Anniversaries are usually a time for celebration, but the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare is nothing to celebrate.
Happy Birthday, Obamacare
Forbes.com – One year ago today, the House of Representatives passed the final version of Obamacare. For proponents of the law, it is a time for sweet nostalgia, about overcoming the odds to achieve a cherished, long-time policy goal.
Gingrich Supports Defunding Obamacare in CR, Expects Full Repeal by Spring 2013
The Daily Caller – Former House Speaker and likely 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich expects Obamacare to be fully repealed by March or April of 2013.
Gingrich foresees repeal of reform law
Modernhealthcare.com: Gingrich, founder of the Center for Health Transformation, spoke about the Affordable Care Act at the National Press Club on Friday in advance of the law’s one-year anniversary next week. James Capretta, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, also spoke.
Gingrich Predicts Demise of Health Care Law
The Fiscal Times: President Obama’s health-care overhaul law will be repealed by early 2013, according to Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. Gingrich, speaking Friday at the National Press Club discussed the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in advance of the one-year anniversary of its passage.
Gingrich and Goodman: "ObamaCare: One Year Later"
Washington D.C. Event
Nuclear Energy Podcast
Wisconsin Public Radio– NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett debates the future of nuclear energy on Wisconsin Public Radio. (Podcast)