| Global Warming The global warming treaty being proposed in Copenhagen, Denmark, would force the United States to return to 1977 emission levels, radically changing both the U.S. economy and our personal lives, says the National Center for Policy Analysis... ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Health Issues The House-passed health care reform bill would increase costs, cut Medicare and expand Medicaid, according to an analysis by Richard S. Foster, Chief Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services... THE HILL Health Issues The core problem with government-run health care is that it doesn't make decisions in the best interests of patients, but in the best interests of government, say observers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Health Issues If the public option passes, organized labor would have considerable influence over decisions affecting most doctors, nurses and patients, says Kevin Troutman, chairman of the Healthcare Practice Group of Fisher & Phillips LLP... HOUSTON CHRONICLE Health Issues While the nation debates health care reform, New York's state Senate Democrats are considering $1 billion in new taxes on medical services, say observers... NEW YORK POST/NEW YORK FISCAL WATCH Economic Issues If capitalism continues to spread for just 40 more years, poverty will have been essentially eradicated from the globe, say economists Maxim Pinkovskiy and Xavier Sala-i-Martin... NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH/NATIONAL REVIEW | 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 | |
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