During the 2008 Recession, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program provided the long-term unemployed an unprecedented maximum 99 weeks of benefits. Some weeks of extended benefits were available to workers in all states, but workers in the states with the highest unemployment rates received the maximum weeks of benefits.
Forbes: Why put off the tweaking of the Federal Funds rate to September when the Federal Open Market Committee is already meeting in late July, asks NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a commentary at Forbes.
The Heartland Institute: Obamacare is still very much at risk from the upcoming Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell, warns NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Heartland Institute commentary.
The Heartland Institute: “Despite the California court’s decision, there may be times when pay-for-delay makes sense, and a blanket ban may harm consumers”, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Heartland Institute article.
Modern Healthcare: “In an environment where facilities aim to maximize revenue and where they get paid from third-party reimbursements, the launch of new surgical programs could result from all the wrong reasons,” says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in Modern Healthcare.
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Forbes: “While free trade doesn’t necessarily create net new jobs, it does make jobs count for more”, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a commentary at Forbes.
Forbes: Repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate is a necessary feature of any “fix” Congress passes after a King v. Burwell victory, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at Forbes.
CNS News: President Obama’s decision to ignore his generals’ recommendations and withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq is “probably the greatest military blunder the world will ever know,” NCPA CEO/President Allen West told CNSNews.com.
FOX Business News: When you look at the states where industry and production and manufacturing have been leaving, it is because trade agreements have caused American jobs to be outsourced, says NCPA President/CEO Allen West in an interview on Fox Business News’ Cavuto: Coast to Coast.
On April 16, 2015, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the estate tax.1 The Obama Administration decried the proposed tax cut and vowed a veto.2 The Senate is now considering a repeal bill introduced by Senator John Thune.3 With this controversial tax again in the news, it is time for a re-evaluation, because this tax stifles economic growth and punishes small business owners and farmers.
The Washington Times: Deploying another 450 troops to Iraq is “the equivalent to putting a band-aid on a sucking chest wound,” and not a sign of a valid strategy, says Allen West, President/CEO of the NCPA in The Washington Times.
Townhall.com: On June 30th, Congress should allow the sun to set on the ill-conceived notion of government venture capitalism we call the Export-Import Bank, which violates free enterprise and opportunity economics, said NCPA President/CEO Allen West in a Townhall.com commentary.
Americans for Tax Reform: Reforms to the Social Security Disability Trust Fund could save taxpayers $12 billion annually, according to research by NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in an Americans for Tax Reform article.
Reuters: “I am surprised that the Dallas Fed hasn’t chosen a new president yet,” said NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer, who led the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas before recently-retired Richard Fisher.
NRCC: The costs imposed by the ACA, better known as Obamacare, on small business will hurt hiring, employee compensation, and business growth, according to research by NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick featured in a National Republican Congressional Committee blog post.
NCPA: Despite improvements in health care options and workplace accommodations, the number of individuals receiving disability payments has skyrocketed over previous decades, which will deplete the Disability Trust Fund by 2016, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal.
The Heartland Institute: If Florida were to expand Medicaid, nearly 1.3 million people would enroll, according to research by the National Center for Policy Analysis featured in an article by The Heartland Institute.
Despite today’s workplace accommodations for the disabled, improved diagnoses and treatments, and less physically demanding jobs, the number of individuals receiving disability payments has increased dramatically over previous decades. Prior to 1990, the annual percentage of workers receiving benefits grew about half a percent per year.
NCPA: Health insurance cooperatives are hemorrhaging money, paying out far more in medical claims than they can cover with their artificially low premiums – and expecting taxpayers to pick up the slack, warns NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a report published by the NCPA.
Newsmax: A large amount of seniors’ expenses are going toward mortgage payments and healthcare, according to NCPA research cited in a Newsmax article.
CNN Money: China, which controls about 95 percent of global rare earths production, may be poised to tighten its grip on the world market for rare earth minerals, warns a CNN Money article citing NCPA research.
Many supporters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) wanted a public plan option to compete with the private insurers offering insurance in the state and federal health exchanges. To placate these progressives, the ACA created a type of nonprofit health insurance cooperative that would borrow funds from the government for start-up costs and solvency reserves.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Net neutrality puts health care innovation at risk, warned NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a post at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s blog.
Georgia Public Policy Foundation: The NCPA sheds light on the growing problem of hospitals buying each other up, which leads to reduced competition and higher prices, in a Georgia Public Policy Foundation article.