NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 12-11-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Friday, December 11, 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 LEGISLATIVE SAUSAGE COULD LEAD TO SINGLE-PAYER INSURANCE Sen. Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) compromise health care bill is a dramatic step toward a single-payer health care system, even if the public option is not on the table, say observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION/WASHINGTON POST Economic Issues WHY WORK SHARING WON'T WORK Work sharing seems like a simple solution to the unemployment problem but study after study shows that European work sharing programs have done nothing to increase employment... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Health Issues FRAUD SUSPECTED IN MIAMI-DADE DIABETES CARE An investigation has flagged Miami-Dade as accounting for over half the $1 billion that Medicare paid out nationally for treatment of homebound diabetes patients... MIAMI HERALD Energy Issues EPA CAUSES COAL COMPANY TO LAY OFF NEARLY 500 MINERS Nearly 500 coal miners laid off from CONSOL Energy are the latest victims of regulatory overreach by the Obama Administration, say observers... WASHINGTON TIMES Environment Issues THE REAL INCONVENIENT TRUTH: DIANE FRANCIS HATES HUMANS Global warming true believers and totalitarians share a penchant for anti-humanism, says columnist Bret Stephens... FINANCIAL POST/WALL STREET JOURNAL 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