Apr 29, 2011
NCPA Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal will be speaking to the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at a meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) at the Hilton Netherland …
Turning on the Lights 2011: The Consumer Benefits of Electric Power Competition
Today, the production, delivery and use of electric power are undergoing revolutionary changes not seen since the era of Thomas Edison. These developments promise to be as profound as those that transformed the 1960s-era standard black rotary-dial telephone into today’s broadband-access mobile phone.
Increasing the Cost-Effectiveness of Medicaid Drug Programs
Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides medical care to more than 60 million low-income individuals and families. Over the next few years, Medicaid enrollment is expected to swell and spending is set to explode.
Obama 'War on Oil' Policy Increasing Federal Budget Deficit
Yahoo! News- A new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis titled “The Fiscal Impact of the Offshore Drilling Moratorium” confirms that Obama administration “War on Oil” policies are widening the federal budget deficit.
Time to Choose
America is now facing the most difficult governmental choices since the end of World War II, 66 years ago. Back then our debt as a percentage of gross domestic product had just exceeded 100%. In about a decade it will exceed that again, and if we continue our current economic policies the Congressional Budget Office projects it will approach 800% in another 66 years.
Time to Choose
The Wall Street Journal – America is now facing the most difficult governmental choices since the end of World War II, 66 years ago. Back then our debt as a percentage of gross domestic product had just exceeded 100%. In about a decade it will exceed that again, and if we continue our current economic policies the Congressional Budget Office projects it will approach 800% in another 66 years.
Competition, Choice Still Winners For Electricity Consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an update of its landmark study on electricity and competition, the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) today released a new study showing that, while deregulation has not been done well in some states, where it has been the delivery of services has improved, generation capacity has been enhanced, and consumers have more and better quality choices. Most important, deregulation is beginning to deliver lower prices.
Bob McTeer on the Economy
CNBC – Bob McTeer made three appearances on CNBC to discuss the Bernanke news conference that followed a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee
Cutting Oil Company Tax Breaks Could Push Prices Up, Analysts Say
CNSNews.com – President Barack Obama’s call to end “subsidies” for oil companies will not lower the price of gas, but could likely increase it, analysts said Tuesday.
Apr 27, 2011
NCPA President John Goodman will be the featured speaker at the Atlas Experience 2011 luncheon on Wednesday, April 27th at the Dallas Hilton Anatole. Dr. Goodman will speak on the …
Offshore Drilling Ban Hurting Consumer, State and Federal Budgets
Lifting the Obama administration’s moratorium on offshore drilling could add nearly five million revenue dollars a day toward reducing the runaway deficit and significantly lower gasoline prices, according to new research from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
The Fiscal Impact of the Offshore Drilling Moratorium
With the price of oil more than $100 per barrel, higher gasoline prices are eating into Americans’ budgets. Consumers, however, are not the only ones losing out. Due to declining production at existing wells and bureaucratic delays on new wells in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blowout in 2010, the federal government is forfeiting revenues of more than $4.7 million per day.
Rob Bluey
Rob Bluey is a journalist and blogger who leads The Heritage Foundation’s investigative reporting unit. It’s his job to develop stories and use technology to communicate the power of policy …
Will Price Competition Lead To Quality Competition?
Health Affairs Blog: In our third-party-payer health insurance system the price for care is typically set by entities external to the doctor-patient relationship. As a result, providers rarely compete for patients based on money prices.
Apr 20, 2011
NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. will speak to the monthly meeting of the Dallas Society of Industrial and Office Realtors at the Park Cities Club in Dallas, Texas. Dr. …
Medicare by the Numbers
Texas Insider – Here are the five most important things you need to know about Paul Ryan, Barack Obama and Medicare. You won’t find this anywhere else.
Medicare by the Numbers
Texas Insider – Here are the five most important things you need to know about Paul Ryan, Barack Obama and Medicare. You won’t find this anywhere else.
Money left over in your health savings account?
CNNMoney.com – Since health savings accounts (HSAs) are linked to high-deductible insurance plans, you should keep enough in a savings or money-market account to meet your deductible (in fact, many HSAs require this).
Walker’s Next Battle to Create Jobs
Examiner.com – Governor Walker campaigned on creating 250,000 jobs for Wisconsin during his first term. He got his Budget Repair bill passed. While it is still being fought in the courts he is gearing up for his next battle. The bill will make it through the courts and will cut costs as public employee unions can no longer collectively bargain for anything but wages.
How Safe is Your Hospital?
Townhall.com – Hospitals are dangerous places to be. At least if you are a patient. My colleagues Biff Jones and Pam Villarreal and I estimate that as many as 187,000 patients die every year for some reason other than the medical condition which caused them to seek care. We also estimate there are 6.1 million injuries caused by the health care system, including hospital acquired infections that afflict one in every 20 hospital patients.
How Safe is Your Hospital?
Townhall.com – Hospitals are dangerous places to be. At least if you are a patient. My colleagues Biff Jones and Pam Villarreal and I estimate that as many as 187,000 patients die every year for some reason other than the medical condition which caused them to seek care. We also estimate there are 6.1 million injuries caused by the health care system, including hospital acquired infections that afflict one in every 20 hospital patients.
Rate for Employed Males in US Hits New Low
Newsmax.com – Only 66.8 percent of American men had jobs in 2010, the lowest percentage on record. And overall, just 45.4 percent of Americans held a job last year, posing a serious challenge for financing the nation’s social programs.
The Lessons of Japan and Radiation: Recognizing the Good and Ill of a Powerful Tool
The Asco Post – The potential of a disaster occurring from the peaceful use of radiation in Japan more than 65 years after the wartime devastation wrought by nuclear weapons is fateful. While the radiation that caused the wartime devastation could not be seen, the aftermath was viewed worldwide.
The Lessons of Japan and Radiation: Recognizing the Good and Ill of a Powerful Tool
The Asco Post – The potential of a disaster occurring from the peaceful use of radiation in Japan more than 65 years after the wartime devastation wrought by nuclear weapons is fateful. While the radiation that caused the wartime devastation could not be seen, the aftermath was viewed worldwide.
The 'Harm' in Healthcare Spending
OneNewsNow.com – A new study from a non-partisan public policy research organization puts a price tag on the social cost of medical errors and other adverse events caused by the healthcare system — and one researcher has a suggestion that would alleviate the expense.