NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 11-24-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Tuesday, November 24, 2009 There are more than 500,000 subscribers that receive the Daily Policy Digest. Help us hit 1 million by Forwarding to a Friend. Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Health Issues IS A TAX ON "CADILLAC" PLANS FAIR? Taxing wealthy Americans to pay for health care -- as the House bill would do -- is bad for the economy because it would take money out of the system that could be used to invest in growing businesses, says economist John C. Goodman, President, CEO and the Kellye Wright Fellow of the National Center for Policy Analysis... ASSOCIATED PRESS Health Issues HARVARD STUDY USES QUESTIONABLE METHODOLOGY, SAY CRITICS Like unemployment, uninsurance happens to many people for short periods of time, says John C. Goodman, President, CEO and the Kellye Wright Fellow of the National Center for Policy Analysis... HARVARD UNIVERSITY/ORLANDO SENTINEL Health Issues THE END OF HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Democrats want to obliterate the flexibility of insurers to design products that are tailored to suit different individual needs, say observers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Health Issues HEALTH "REFORM" THAT BURDENS OUR YOUNG Older Americans might become more eager to control spending if they faced the true costs of their health care, says columnist Robert J. Samuelson... WASHINGTON POST Health Issues PLANS TO BLOCK PARTS OF REFORM COULD SIGNAL STATES' WILLINGNESS TO OPT OUT States that plan to use bills or ballot questions to block aspects of pending health care reform legislation may also opt out of a proposed public health insurance plan, say observers... THE HILL Education Issues SAVE THE VOUCHERS The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which gives low-income parents up to $7,500 so their children can attend private school, should be continued, say observers... WASHINGTON POST 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