NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 1-5-2010

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Tuesday, January 5, 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! Economic Issues 10 WAYS TO WRECK YOUR RETIREMENT Many common practices can derail even the best-laid retirement plans, says Pamela Villarreal, a Senior Policy Analyst with the NCPA... NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Economic Issues FRUITFUL DECADE FOR MANY IN THE WORLD In economic terms the last decade was a remarkably good one for many people around the globe, says Tyler Cowen, an economics professor at George Mason University... NEW YORK TIMES Taxes HAPPY TAX YEAR! By allowing so many tax provisions to expire, Congress has enacted tax increases on many individuals and businesses at a time when these taxpayers can least afford it, say observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Health Issues MAYO CLINIC IN ARIZONA TO STOP TREATING SOME MEDICARE PATIENTS The Mayo Clinic's hospital and four clinics in Arizona, including the Glendale facility, lost $120 million on Medicare patients last year, say spokesmen... BLOOMBERG Health Issues 23 MILLION WOULD REMAIN UNINSURED BY 2018 UNDER SENATE BILL As many as 23 million people younger than age 65 still would be left uninsured under the Senate health care reform bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office... WASHINGTON POST Economic Issues THE WHITE HOUSE TAKES AIM AT IP THEFT The government has a clear interest in thwarting the growing and increasing complex problem of counterfeiting and piracy, says trade group... U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 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 2003-2010 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved