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Entries for 'NCPA'
| Friday, December 30, 2016 |
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Obamacare Repeal Has Begun For Small Firms
By NCPA @ 10:59 PM :: 5531 Views
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Democrat politicians’ first real step towards conceding Obamacare needs to be repealed and replaced....
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| Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Obamacare 2017 Premium Hikes 25 Percent. What's Next?
By NCPA @ 3:16 AM :: 6885 Views
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Back in June, it looked like the hike would be 16 percent....
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| Monday, October 24, 2016 |
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Pay for Performance: Budget Busting "Incentives" in Medicare Reform
By NCPA @ 5:59 PM :: 5558 Views
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...MACRA imported all the worst elements of Obamacare into Medicare....
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| Friday, September 9, 2016 |
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Bag Ban: A Wealth Transfer from Customers to Big Grocers
By NCPA @ 5:32 AM :: 8134 Views
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...retailers could gain an estimated $442 million in annual revenue from the sale of paper bags and reusable bags....
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| Thursday, September 1, 2016 |
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EpiPen: A Case Study of Government Harm
By NCPA @ 4:24 PM :: 5583 Views
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...the government made a couple of interventions in the market that allowed the manufacturer to raise prices....
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| Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
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A Practical Approach to Occupational Licensing Reform
By NCPA @ 11:28 PM :: 5806 Views
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On average, a cosmetologist needed 372 days in training while an EMT needed just 33....
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| Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
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Billions of Dollars Later, Veterans Health Administration Still Failing
By NCPA @ 2:05 PM :: 7286 Views
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The results are pretty bad, according to a report by Dr. Sanjay Gupta....
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| Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Does the EITC Reduce Savings Among the Poor?
By NCPA @ 7:00 PM :: 5710 Views
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Few policies have enjoyed as much bipartisan support as the EITC....
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| Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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Don’t Let the Opt-Out of Common Core Testing Movement Fool You
By NCPA @ 3:19 PM :: 7431 Views
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...teacher unions are flat out against this because they do not want their members held accountable....
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| Friday, December 11, 2015 |
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Education: U.S. House Passes ObamaCORE!
By NCPA @ 1:07 PM :: 6782 Views
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Common Core is being redefined as social-emotional learning, which must come first in the learning hierarchy — with academics taking a backseat....
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| Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Does Your State Adjust Its Income Tax Brackets For Inflation?
By NCPA @ 12:01 AM :: 6519 Views
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...17 states (including Hawaii) do not index at all. When tax brackets aren’t indexed for inflation, it results in what economists call “bracket creep.”....
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| Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Offshore? Let Wind and Solar Energy Subsides Expire
By NCPA @ 12:55 PM :: 6569 Views
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Offshore wind is 2.6 times more expensive as onshore wind power and is 3.4 times more expensive than power produced by a natural gas combined cycle plant....
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| Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Organics: Another Fine Government Mess
By NCPA @ 1:32 PM :: 7918 Views
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The current Chipotle E-Coli outbreak offers an opportunity for shoppers to understand the true nature of the USDA’s organic certification program....
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| Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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The Unaffordable Care Act
By NCPA @ 1:02 PM :: 8002 Views
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As the sheen wears off of subsidized health coverage, and more Americans find they are paying hundreds per month for coverage that provides few benefits....
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| Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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NYT: The Reign of Recycling
By NCPA @ 2:13 PM :: 6413 Views
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Despite decades of exhortations and mandates, it's still typically more expensive for municipalities to recycle household waste than to send it to a landfill....
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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Study: Mixed Results from Pre-K Program
By NCPA @ 4:14 PM :: 5712 Views
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...by the end of first grade, the achievement scores for both groups were again equal and by third grade the scores of children who participated in the pre-K program were lower than those who had not....
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| Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii Health Department Vulnerable to Waste and Abuse
By NCPA @ 12:30 PM :: 6848 Views
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An investigation by Hawaii's state auditor into the state's Department of Health....
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| Saturday, October 17, 2015 |
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Labor Market Effects: Obamacare vs Hawaii Prepaid Health Care
By NCPA @ 12:15 PM :: 8203 Views
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...0.5 to 1 percentage point increase in the part-time fraction in high-uninsurance states relative to low-uninsurance states....
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| Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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Does Subsidized Housing Reduce Homelessness?
By NCPA @ 3:47 PM :: 6227 Views
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A recent Federal Reserve Bank study examined the impact of subsidized housing on homelessness....
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