NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 11-18-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Health Issues HEALTH "REFORM" GETS A FAILING GRADE The health care changes proposed by Congress will require more draconian measures down the road. Just look at Massachusetts, says Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the Harvard University Medical School... WALL STREET JOURNAL Health Issues WHERE ARE THE DOCTORS TO IMPLEMENT OBAMACARE? America could soon look like Massachusetts, warns Timothy P. White, Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside... WALL STREET JOURNAL Economic Issues THE FAKE JOBS OF THE FAILED STIMULUS The American people simply cannot trust any stimulus claims made by the Obama White House, according to observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION/ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON EXAMINER Economic Issues THE STIMULUS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT Extending unemployment benefits from 26 to 79 weeks was guaranteed to leave many more people unemployed for many more months, says Alan Reynolds, a senior fellow with the Cato Institute... NEW YORK POST Health Issues SEX INFECTIONS STILL GROWING IN UNITED STATES Nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur each year in the United States, almost half among 15- to 24-year-olds, according to the Centers for Disease Control... REUTERS Legal Issues LAWSUITS TAKE TOLL ON CITIES, COUNTIES Eight of the largest cities and nine of the largest counties in California spent $504.1 million to deal with lawsuits over fiscal 2007 and 2008, according to report... CALIFORNIA CITIZENS AGAINST LAWSUIT ABUSE/ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER 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