Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
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 …
Roll Back the Federal 10-Year Strategic Plan for Health Information Technology – Statement for the Record
The attempt to get medical providers to adopt EHRs has proven expensive, unproductive and potentially harmful, leading to the conclusion that the federal government should play a minimal role in …
Pam Villarreal Statement to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources
During a time when people reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African-Americans over many decades, many agree that “more can be done” to ensure economic opportunity for all Americans. …
Ways & Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
On February 4th, 2009, before another Committee in this House, John C. Bogle, founder and former chief executive of The Vanguard Group, testified: “Our nation’s system of retirement security is …
Testimony to the House Committee on Ways and Means
Chairman Johnson and Other Distinguished Members of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, It is an honor to testify to you today about Social Security. I view Social …
Risky Business – But For Whom?
Chairman Jordan and Members of the Committee, I am John R. Graham, Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, 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 and look forward to your questions.
Most of the Benefits of a Minimum Wage Increase Would Not Go to Poor Households
Chairman Harkin and members of the Committee, I am David R. Henderson, Research Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). The NCPA is 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 and research findings on proposals to raise the minimum wage.
Popular Medicare Drug Plans are Under Assault
Chairman Pitts and members of the committee, I am Devon Herrick, Senior Fellow with 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. We welcome the opportunity to share our views and research findings on the current state of Medicare drug plans.
Consumer Oriented and Operated Plans: An Idea whose Purpose has Come and Gone
NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick’s testimony on the Affordable Care Act’s Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements and the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs.
The Economics of the Health Insurance Exchanges
John Goodman’s testimony before theHouse Government Reform and Oversight Committee regarding Risk Corridors in the Affordable Care Act.
Oversight Hearing on Mining in America
Chairman Brady and members of the Subcommittee, I am Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis (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. I welcome the opportunity to share our views about mining in America.
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.
Examining the Lack of Transparency and Consumer Driven Market Forces in U.S. Health Care
Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important topic. I am John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). A nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, the NCPA is dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, and solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. I welcome the opportunity to share my views and look forward to your questions.
America’s Mineral Resources: Creating Mining and Manufacturing Jobs and Securing America
Thank you Chairman Lamborn and Ranking Member Holt for the opportunity to submit testimony for the record on the state of mineral resources in the U.S. My name is Sterling Burnett and I am a Senior Fellow for the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). NCPA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. Our goal is to develop and promote private, free-market alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.
The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Job Creators and the Economy
Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, I am John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). A nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, the NCPA is dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, and solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. I welcome the opportunity to share my views and look forward to your questions.
2012 Social Security Annual Report
Mr. Chairman 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 2012 Social Security Trustees Report.
Putting Health Care on a Sustainable Path
There are major structural flaws in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Each is so potentially damaging, Congress will have to resort to major corrective action even if critics of the new health care law are not part of it. Further, each must be addressed in any new attempt to create workable health care reform.
Are Mini Med Policies Really Health Insurance?
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am Devon Herrick, a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, 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 and look forward to your questions.
Managing Federal Forests in Response to Climate Change
Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Barrasso, and other members of the subcommittee thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify today. I represent the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) 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 a competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.
Health Information Technology: What’s the cost to small businesses?
Madam Chairwoman and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to join in the debate as you consider different options for adopting health information technology (HIT) and the implementation of policies in the American Recovery and…
Health Care Reform: Do Other Countries Have the Answers?
The health care systems of all developed countries face three unrelenting problems: rising costs, inadequate quality, and incomplete access to care. Much analysis published in medical journals suggests that other countries have found superior solutions to these problems. This conclusion is at odds with economic research that is published in journals physicians seldom read, using methodologies that are unfamiliar to physicians.
EPA Considers California Greenhouse Gas Waiver
The National Center for Policy Analysis appreciates the opportunity to comment on the President's request to the EPA to reconsider its previous denial of California's 2005 Waiver of Federal Preemption under Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act. We would like to take this opportunity to caution EPA Administrator Jackson against reversing the denial of the request made by former EPA Administrator Johnson in 2008.
Making Health Care Work For American Families: Saving Money, Saving Lives
To confront America's health care crisis, we do not need more spending, more regulations or more bureaucracy. We do need people, however, including every doctor and every patient. Every American must be free to use their intelligence, their creativity and their innovative ability to make the changes needed to create access to low-cost, high-quality health care.
Empowering Patients and Improving Public Health
Public health plays an important role in our overall health care system. Several significant achievements are directly attributable to public health. For instance, the response to the London cholera epidemics of the late 1800s is a well-known, classic example of public health. In that case, no single individual had an incentive to bear the full cost of repairing sewer lines that were leaking into the water supply because all the costs would be borne by the repairer, while the benefits would accrue to community at large. Thus, keeping community water supplies free from sewage contamination became a public health matter, as opposed to a private health matter.
Small Business And Economic Recovery
I am Terry Neese, a distinguished fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis and "serial entrepreneur." NCPA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control. We provide policy ideas that help women, families and small businesses remain an active, productive part of our economy, solving public policy problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.