NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 1-29-2010

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Friday, January 29, 2010 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! Federal Spending & Budget Issues ESTIMATING THE FISCAL GAP USING GENERATIONAL ACCOUNTING Uncle Sam is broke, says Laurence J. Kotlikoff, a professor of economics at Boston University and a senior fellow with the NCPA... NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Health Issues A NEW APPROACH TO HEALTH REFORM Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has an idea to fix health reform that doesn't involve specifying what coverage people must buy, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an Adjunct Fellow with the Manhattan Institute... REAL CLEAR MARKETS Health Issues A SECOND NEW APPROACH TO HEALTH REFORM Rep. Tom Price's (R-Ga.) health care reform bill allows -- but does not require -- employers to offer a sum to workers so that they can purchase whatever insurance plan they choose, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an Adjunct Fellow with the Manhattan Institute... REAL CLEAR MARKETS Federal Spending & Budget Issues INCOME ANGST? NOT FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES A public-pension tsunami is beginning to inundate government budgets at every level, says columnist Jeff Jacoby... BOSTON GLOBE Health Issues DOES BETTER HEALTH CARE MEAN HIGHER COSTS? Medical innovation boosts life expectancy, not spending, concludes Frank Lichtenberg, an economist with Columbia University... REASON Health Issues OVERWEIGHT ADULTS AGE 70 OR OLDER ARE LESS LIKELY TO DIE OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD Being over 70 and overweight may add years to your life, say researchers... JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY/SCIENCE DAILY 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. NCPA Events David M. Walker - Friday, January 29, 2010 David M. Walker, President and CEO, Peter G. Peterson Foundation and former Comptroller of the United States, will discuss his new book Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility Mitt Romney - Thursday, March 18, 2010 Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and former Republican Candidate for President of the United States, will discuss his new book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness 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 2003-2010 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved