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The Supreme Court's surprise ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has left many observers wondering about the implications of the ruling on the law itself....

If enrollment in consumer-directed plans increased to 50 percent, there would be an annual savings of $57 billion....

Wind subsidies cost $52.48 per one million watt hours generated....nuclear power costs $3.10. Hydropower only costs 84 cents and natural gas costs only 63 cents.

Original warranties on turbines have expired and extended warranty options are not available....

A growing number of hospital systems are moving to start their own insurance plans, aiming to broaden their roles and prepare for the changes coming under the federal health care overhaul, says the Wall Street Journal....

Rankings were determined by responses from about 700,000 federal workers from various agencies in the government....

Experiment with cash or cash-like incentives to encourage people to adopt healthy behaviors in the form conditional cash transfers....

... Washington Middle School in Olympia, Wash., [was] projected to use 28% less energy. The school consumed 19% more energy ....

...the United States would gain significant geopolitical advantages. For example, it would lower the influence of the Middle East. In addition, the United States would be in a position to challenge Russia's influence in Europe....

Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions....

Insurance premiums could increase by thousands of dollars because of a new tax in President Obama's health care law....

PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates the impact of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on the chain restaurant industry....

... this wave of scientific progress faces opposition from anti-science and anti-technology groups. Consider these examples that have been hampered by activism ....

...the United Nation’s is holding its annual “We’ve got to save the planet this year or it’s too late and we’re all doomed — no really, this time we mean it,” Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar this year.... 

The shale-oil boom can help the United States surpass Saudi Arabia as the largest oil supplier by 2020, according to the International Energy Agency....

Two relatively new services are facilitating a market for medical services — with price and quality competition, as well as transparency....

The subsidies for insurance through the newly established state-based exchanges also increased....

One way the Obama administration chose to deal with the pressing health care crisis was a massive expansion of Medicaid....

Obama must quickly come to an agreement with lawmakers on the "fiscal cliff," a combination of spending cuts and tax increases that pose a threat to the fragile economic recovery....

Electric vehicles are doing poorly in the car market because automakers are unable to lower their prices....

...further examination finds that women make 93 cents -- not 82 cents -- on a man's dollar, after accounting for all college majors and occupation....

...teachers' numbers increased 252 percent while staffing and administration experienced a growth of 702 percent....

...biofuel mandates are responsible for at least 192,000 premature deaths every year because of hunger....

Crony capitalism describes an economic system in which the profitability of firms in a market economy is dependent on political connections....

There are some striking similarities between the private student loan market and subprime mortgage industry....

The United States is experiencing a revolution in oil and gas....

Particularly hard hit is the defense industry, which employs millions of Americans. The Pentagon is set to lose nearly $55 billion....

...public schools are still the only game in town when it comes to financing, developing and deploying public school buildings....

The Committee may actually get to work on bills that have been in deep frost for 15 years or so–especially the long-awaited U.S. Energy Policy bill....

...many policies sought by the environmental establishment do nothing more than cost taxpayers billions with nothing to show for it....

There's no evidence that banning plastic bags helps the environment -- and plenty of evidence that it may actually hurt....

Many biofuel manufacturers have heavily funded Democratic campaigns, and some even work inside the Obama administration....

...recent studies show that students are not learning much that would be valuable to them in the job market. Many students go to school thinking all they need is the credential of a degree....

 ...taxpayers spend about 15 times more on wind energy jobs than jobs in oil-and-gas....

...in an interesting interpretation of the Supreme Court's ruling on the law, states are looking into partially expanding their Medicaid programs to receive federal subsidies....

The accumulation of student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion....

Wind producers can even sell power when demand is low and still collect a profit because the pretax subsidy is higher than the average price for electricity....

... environmentalists want to use the label to imply that organic foods are safer ....

...Moreover, it is unlikely to be resolved by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act....

 The law does nothing more than deceive people into purchasing non-GE foods, which aren't different from GE foods....

Long-term care, which includes nursing home and hospice services for seniors, makes up a significant portion of Medicaid spending around the country....

Moody's announced recently that it would no longer accept state and local governments' pension liability figures at face value....

insights to effective advocacy, organization and mobilization....

A new paper from the Brookings Institution aims to provide metro, state and national policy makers with a better sense of the specific problems facing metropolitan labor markets....

Since the passage of President Obama's health care law, hospitals are increasing their size by acquiring private practices.

...according to the law's supporters, EMR adoption will yield cost savings. This conclusion, however, has not been definitively proven....

Federal subsidies in fiscal year 2010 for solar-generated energy were $775.64 per megawatt hour and $56.29 per megawatt hour for wind....

...under federal law, the U.S. Energy Department has to deem the exports in the national interest before these companies are granted permission....

Ryan v Obama on Medicare: Surprisingly, there's very little difference between the two plans.

Similar to health maintenance organizations (HMOs), ACOs are designed to bring hospitals, physicians and insurers together to reduce health care costs ....