NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 12-15-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Tuesday, December 15, 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 MEDICARE AT 55 There will be many unintended consequences if Medicare is extended to include the 55- to 64-year-old population, say economists Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving... PRIVATE ENTERPRISE RESEARCH CENTER AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY/NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Health Issues MEDICARE EXPANSION WON'T GET US THERE Expanding Medicare does not solve the nation's health care crisis, but compounds it, say observers... THE MAYO CLINIC Federal Spending & Budget Issues IS KEYNESIAN STIMULUS WORKING? The deficit-fueled Keynesian approach to economic recovery is not working, says Chris Edwards, an expert on federal and state tax and budget issues... CATO INSTITUTE Federal Spending & Budget Issues COMMISSION OUTLINES PLAN TO REDUCE DEBT Policymakers can stabilize public debt through a six-step plan, according to the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform... WALL STREET JOURNAL Economic Issues WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD For decades, America's public-sector workers have been coddled and spoiled; the recession may change that, say observers... THE ECONOMIST Economic Issues WHAT IT DOESN'T TAKE TO GROW MICHIGAN You don't grow the economy by growing the number of college graduates, says James M. Hohman, a fiscal policy analyst... MACKINAC CENTER/GRAND RAPIDS OPINION 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