NCPA Daily Policy Digest (10/16/09)
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National Center for Policy AnalysisDaily Policy DigestFriday, October 16, 2009 |
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Health Issues ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: THE BAUCUS HEALTH PLAN IMPOSES NEW TAXES ON THE SICKThe Baucus health care reform plan would harm those it should help and help those who need help the least, say researchers Robert A. Book, Guinevere L. Nell and Paul L. Winfree... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Health Issues ANOTHER INSURER'S REPORT WARNS ABOUT COST OF SENATE HEALTH BILLUnless the Senate beefs up the proposed mandate on Americans to carry insurance, average annual medical claims five years after the health care overhaul takes effect would be 50 percent higher than today, not accounting for medical inflation, according to report... WALL STREET JOURNAL Health Issues THE INEVITABLE MEDICARE CUTSContrary to the president's rhetoric, the bills that Congress is currently debating do cut Medicare, says health economist Michael Tanner... CATO INSTITUTE/CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER Energy Issues WHY SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION MAKE LITTLE ECONOMIC SENSEThe federal "sustainability standard" that requires ethanol to emit at least 20 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than gasoline is illogical and ineffective, say economists Harry de Gorter and David R. Just, both of Cornell University... CATO INSTITUTE International Issues WHY ARE THE FRENCH SO PRONE TO SUICIDE?The French suicide rate is 14.6 per 100,000 people, one of the highest rates in Europe, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development... THE ECONOMIST |
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