National Center for Policy Analysis

Daily Policy Digest

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Health Issues

PRICE CONTROLS BY ANY OTHER NAME

Attempts to control prices by government fiat ignore basic economic laws -- and the result could be disastrous for the American health care system, says health economist Michael Tanner...

CATO INSTITUTE

Health Issues

CONTROL COSTS WITH REAL CHOICE, REAL COMPETITION, REAL CONSUMERISM

Breaking down state barriers and allowing consumers to choose from thousands of insurance plans would cut health care costs by 5 percent and save the federal government at least $12 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office...

U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

State and Local Issues

2010 STATE OF OHIO REPORT

The only way for Ohio to spur robust job creation and lower taxes is to eliminate the state's anti-business job policies and to reduce the cost of government, according to report...

BUCKEYE INSTITUTE

Health Issues

BENDING THE CURVE

Both the House and Senate reform bills appear to be based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the basic factors driving health care spending upward. As a result, the bills would drive spending upwards instead of downward, say Dr. Jason Fodeman, an Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Connecticut, and Robert A. Book, a health economist with the Heritage Foundation...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Legal Issues

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY

Campaign contributions from trial lawyers have exceeded those of every other industry over the last two decades, according to James R. Copland, Director of the Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute...

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