NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 11-20-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Friday, November 20, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Health Issues PLASTIC SURGEONS CRY FOUL OVER "BOTAX" PROPOSAL IN SENATE HEALTH BILL A "botax" will reduce demand for plastic surgery, says Devon Herrick, a health economist with the National Center for Policy Analysis... KAISER HEALTH NEWS Health Issues HOW WILL HEALTH CARE REFORM AFFECT STUDENT COVERAGE? Provisions in the health care overhaul would attempt to overcharge young individuals' health insurance rates to subsidize the cost of older individuals' rates, says Devon Herrick, a health economist and senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... COMMONWEALTH TIMES (RICHMOND, VIRGINIA) Economic Issues JOBS REPORTS "RIDDLED WITH INACCURACIES" The Obama Administration's figures on jobs created or saved by the federal $787 billion stimulus package are unreliable, according to observers... USA TODAY Health Issues THE REID BILL: "HOLY WAR?" When state mandates are added in, the true cost of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) health care bill is closer to $2.5 billion, says Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies with the Cato Institute... POLITICO.COM Health Issues "SICK LEAVE" MANDATES WE CAN ILL AFFORD Bills to require sick leave have never passed Congress because they don't make sense, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute... REAL CLEAR MARKETS 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