NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 10-27-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! State and Local Issues BEHIND NEW YORK'S SMALL-BUSINESS DROP Government-imposed barriers to doing business raise prices, narrow choices and inhibit job growth for all New Yorkers, say business owners... MANHATTAN INSTITUTE/NEW YORK POST Health Issues HEALTH INSURER PROFITS NOT SO FAT Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point or two; that's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries, even some beleaguered ones, say observers... ASSOCIATED PRESS/YAHOO.COM Health Issues THE SENATE'S PUBLIC PLAN "OPT OUT" -- MORE OPTICS THAN OPTION FOR THE STATES A true state "opt out" would allow states to opt-out of the public option in exchange for making measurable progress in improving cost, quality and access to care for its citizens, say experts... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Health Issues PUBLIC PLAN MIRAGE Why would a plan tied to Medicare control health spending, when Medicare hasn't, asks columnist Robert J. Samuelson?... WASHINGTON POST Economic Issues MORE BAD NEWS ON PAY: GOVERNMENT AIMS AT THE WRONG TARGET Not only do government wage controls not work, they usually backfire, say observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION About the DPD NCPA's Daily Policy Digest brings you the most wide-ranging public policy findings five times a week at no charge. DPD knows your time is valuable, so we find and summarize the most topical public policy issues from today's newspapers, magazines, websites, government reports, scholarly journals and think tanks. Visit the DPD Archives Visit the NCPA website The John Goodman Health Blog A new Consumer-Directed Health Care Blog. Forward this to a Friend Subscribe to the Daily Policy Digest. Unsubscribe: If you received this email in error, you can unsubscribe here. Please do not reply to this email address as it is not monitored. For a list of NCPA departments and corresponding email addresses, please visit www.ncpa.org/contact. We depend on the financial support of individuals. We need your help to continue our work. Join the NCPA today! Dallas Headquarters 12770 Coit Rd., Suite 800 Dallas, TX 75251-1339 Phone: (972) 386-6272 Fax: (972) 386-0924 Copyright 2003-2009 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved