NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 11-06-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Friday, November 6, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Taxes THE RETURN OF THE INFLATION TAX The Pelosi-Obama health tax surcharge will punish millions of middle-class Americans over time with tax rates advertised as only hitting "the rich," say observers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Health Issues THE COMING SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS Our aging population is challenge enough. Try to get an appointment after health care reform, says Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital... WALL STREET JOURNAL Economic Issues CASH HOARD REFLECTS FEARS OF OBAMA PLANS The nation's largest companies are sitting on nearly $1 trillion in cash, or roughly 10 percent of their assets, the largest stash of idle money in 40 years, according to the Wall Street Journal... DETROIT NEWS Health Issues THE IMPACT OF PATENT EXPIRATION ON U.S. DRUG PRICES, MARKETING AND UTILIZATION BY THE PUBLIC Drugs generally lose patent protection about 12 years after they are first sold in the United States; within five years after patent expiration, prices decline by 61 percent, say economists Frank Lichtenberg and Gautier Duflos... COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS/MANHATTAN INSTITUTE Economic Issues HOW TO AVOID POVERTY AND ENTER THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS Social policies will be more successful if they encourage people to do things that bring longer-term success, say observers... BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Economic Issues TEN PRINCIPLES FOR TAX REFORM: PRINCIPLE FOUR Minimizing economic harm should be the dominant consideration in the selection and design of taxes, says Robert Carling, a Senior Fellow with the Center for Independent Study... POLICY 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. Connect with the NCPA on: 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