Good News For A Change: Real GDP Revised Down
Forbes: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer says it is good news that bond purchasing “can be tapered off toward year-end and perhaps even ended by the middle of next year.”
Government Spending Hurts Private Economy: NCPA Study
NCPA: A new report finds that government spending actually diverts economic resources away from the private sector, causing it to contract, says R. David Ranson, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
How Much Do We Spend on Healthcare?
Psychology Today: “If the cost of something you are consuming is growing twice as fast as your income, eventually it will crowd out everything else in your budget”, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.
Obamacare Hurdles
Fox News Channel: NCPA President says that certain Affordable Care Act policies are resulting in doctor shortages.
Government Spending Crowds the Private Sector Out and In
Most people assume that increased government spending aids the economy and that cuts in spending will hurt it. Even more fear that government spending cuts might push the economy into a recession. These notions are based on the Keynesian belief that the economy is driven by demand.
Obama to unveil plan for fighting climate change
Baltimore Sun: The Obama administration’s climate change policies will destroy the coal industry and hike energy costs according to an NCPA statement.
Medicare by the Scary Numbers
Wall Street Journal: NCPA President John C. Goodman and Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff write that Medicare and other unfunded liabilities are not as solvent as the current administration would lead you to believe.
Obamacare Could Produce $100 Trillion Medicare Shortfall
News Max: “The unfunded liability in Medicare is $34 trillion over the next 75 years”, says NCPA President John C. Goodman and NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff.
How Green Protectionism Harms Sustainable Forestry, the Environment and the World’s Poor
Under the guise of protecting the world’s forests from unsustainable logging practices, proponents of protectionist trade policies have successfully lobbied for so-called “green” measures. Environmental trade regulations ban the importation of natural resources from developing countries unless they meet standards imposed by developed countries.
President Obama’s Climate Change Proposals Disastrous
If President Obama’s proposed power plant emissions controls are enacted, it will destroy utilities burning coal, hike energy costs while making zero impact on earth’s climate, according to National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett.
Dissecting the case for Medicaid expansion
The Washington Times: NCPA President John C. Goodman says that the new Medicaid exchanges are supposed to offer federal subsidies for private coverage to people who qualify.
Limiting Retirement Account Growth Would Punish Saving
President Obama’s proposed 2014 budget includes a limit on the growth of tax-advantaged retirement accounts. Though Congress is unlikely to adopt his budget proposal, the idea of limiting retirement account accumulations could garner support among policymakers who favor wealth taxes.
May 2, 2012
NCPA President and CEO John C. Goodman will speak at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Annual Dinner and Lecture Honoring Leon Kass at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
Some Efficient Market: Investors Freak Out At Bernanke Doing What He Said He'd Do
Forbes: In his most recent Forbes commentary, NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer analyzes the policies of the Fed and their impact on te market.
2013 Medicare Trustees Report
Chairman Brady and members of the Subcommittee, I am John Goodman, President and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). My co-author, Laurence Kotlikoff, is a senior fellow at the NCPA. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. We welcome the opportunity to share our views about the recent 2013 Medicare Trustees Report.
Hospital Pricing Strategies
Psychology Today: NCPA President John C. Goodman says the third party payment system needs to be abolished in favor of a free market medical system.
Encouraging Work Through the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
Chairman Johnson and members of the Subcommittee, I am Pamela Villarreal, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. I welcome the opportunity to share my views about the disincentives to work that exist in the current Social Security disability insurance program.
Veterans Affairs Fails to Curb Suicide Epidemic
As returning veterans struggle to get sufficient mental health care, a new report calls for expanding care by allowing a greater role for the private sector and Health Savings Accounts.
Veterans Affairs Fails to Curb Suicide Epidemic
Since the 1990s, veterans, policymakers and health care professionals have expressed concern over veterans’ untreated mental health challenges and high suicide rates. Many veterans experience varying degrees of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety and traumatic brain injury (TBI). These conditions produce patients who are inherently reluctant to seek treatment.
Jun 17, 2013
NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. will be the featured speaker at a Stoa workshop sponsored by EconomicThinking.org at the Community Bible Church in Irving, Texas. Stoa is a national Christian …
Hospital Care That Is Priceless
Psychology Today: Healthcare prices often do not reflect the actual costs of the goods or services being purchased, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.
Liberals and Spying
Townhall.com: In his latest Townhall piece, NCPA President John C. Goodman comments that conservatism and liberalism are sociologies, not ideologies.
An Analysis of the Proposed Medicaid Expansion in Michigan
Assuming that about 70 percent of the newly eligible sign up for Medicaid, the additional cost during the following decade would be $475 million to Michigan taxpayers and nearly $7 …
Feds Give Wind Producers Free Pass to Kill Condors
heartlander.org: NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett brings attention to the hypocrisy of President Obama’s policies favoring renewable energy.
Brown Seeks Rewrite of California Toxins Law
heartlander.org: NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett says California Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing helpful reforms that take on aggressive environment lawyers.