NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 11-17-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Global Warming FROM COPENHAGEN TO NOPENHAGEN FOR CLIMATE TREATY 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 HOUSE HEALTH BILL WILL HIKE COSTS $289 BILLION 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 RATIONING COMMISSION 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 GOODIES FOR LABOR TUCKED AWAY IN HEALTH BILL 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 HIGHER HEALTH TAXES IN NEW YORK? 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 THE POOR NEED CAPITALISM 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 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