NCPA: General Joseph Dunford’s long history of exemplary service and experience make him an excellent choice for the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said NCPA President/CEO Allen West ahead of Dunford’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, July 9th.
Huntington Beach News: “The Social Security disability system, which is a portion of the payroll taxes American workers pay into the Social Security system, is in pretty big trouble,” says NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a Huntington Beach News article.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The 11.7 million enrollments cheered by Obamacare’s supporters will drop as people fail to pay their premiums, switch insurance, and drop their coverage, warns NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
NCPA: Last In First Out” valuation hinders the ability of investors to understand the true financial condition of the firms they’re investing in and puts small companies at a severe disadvantage, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Research Associate Santiago Bello.
Chairman Vitter and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments about the challenges small businesses face from Obamacare and choices that Congress must make …
Townhall.com: Washington, D.C. has been overtaken by “the arrogance of officialdom,” says NCPA President/CEO Allen West in a Townhall.com commentary.
Forbes: Convincing health plans that there is an alternative better than Obamacare is not easy, but not impossible, said NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
NCPA: Increasing unnecessary regulations on drug plans could inflict higher costs on the 220 million Americans who get their medications through a managed drug plan, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Devon Herrick.
Forbes: The Medicare “doc fix” offers little reward, but lots of risk to physicians and taxpayers alike, cautions NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
Forbes: The public debate about the Fed raising rates does the public little good, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.
FOX News: The United States has a domestic jihadist problem, and it needs more attention, warns NCPA President/CEO Allen West on FOX News.
The New American: The structure of the health care exchanges force insurers to focus on short-term costs, often to the exclusion of long-term costs, warned NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a New American article.
NCPA: The Lee-Rubio Tax Plan is a step in the right direction, and makes some significant improvements over the current tax code, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal.
NCPA: Instituting the “dynamic scoring” of proposed tax law changes would force lawmakers to weigh the bad against the good in considering new spending programs and their cost to the American people, says NCPA Senior Fellow David Tuerck in a new report.
Forbes: Kicking the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate issue down the road at least keeps the issue on Congress’s radar, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
The Waco Tribune-Herald: The National Center for Policy Analysis’ five reasons to embrace the repeal of Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate formula were highlighted in a Waco Tribune-Herald op-ed.
The Washington Times: The Lee-Rubio tax reform plan would be a great improvement over the current tax system, and a good step towards larger government reform, asserted NCPA President/CEO Allen B. West and Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a Washington Times commentary.
Investor’s Business Daily: Thanks to the way ObamaCare calculates insurance tax credits, the average subsidy went down while premiums went up by 5 percent, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an Investor’s Business Daily article.
Health Works Collective: The supreme Court’s upcoming ruling in King v. Burwell could be an opportunity for congressional Republicans to make significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in the latest Health Wonk Review hosted at Health Works Collective.
NCPA: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, the lawyer and author who interviewed National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and launched an international debate over free speech and national security, will speak at an April 3rd Irving, TX luncheon sponsored by the National Center for Policy Analysis and the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation.
Kaiser Health News: The federal government should take a lesson from the $30 billion spent on enticing medical providers to enroll in electronic records before attempting the same thing with the mental health community, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Kaiser Health News article.
NCPA: Expanding Health Savings Account (HSA) eligibility to all employees would help them more effectively replace income lost due to illness than mandating seven days of paid sick leave, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a new report.
Bloomberg Business: Baby boomers are sacrificing their retirement to support their adult kids, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a Bloomberg Business article.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Congress must prepare for the possibility that the Supreme Court will strike down subsidies, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article.
One News Now: California’s plastic bag ban would be laughable if it wasn’t actually policy, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a One News Now article.