National Center for Policy Analysis

Daily Policy Digest

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Legal Issues

SUPREME COURT EXPANDS GUN RIGHTS

The Supreme Court's ruling Monday finalizes the debate over whether individual states, or even individual towns, cities, or municipalities, have the authority to ban possession of firearms, say observers...

EXAMINER.COM

Government Issues

HAYEK'S TIMELY COMEBACK

By increasing the size of government, President Obama has left fewer resources for the rest of us to direct through our own decisions, says economist Russ Roberts...

NATIONAL REVIEW/WALL STREET JOURNAL/NEW YORK TIMES/INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Economic Issues

AS EUROPE REJECTS WELFARE STATE, UNITED STATES TURNS TO IT

The United States is well down the road toward a European level of government spending and debt; already, the U.S. national debt tops $72,000 per household, says Michael D. Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute...

USA TODAY

Health Issues

PRICE TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH CARE: WILL IT BEND THE COST CURVE?

Lack of transparency in pricing is only part of the problem driving soaring health care spending. The bigger problem is that patients are completely disconnected from the cost of their medical bills, says Kathryn Nix, a research assistant for the Heritage Foundation's Center for Health Policy Studies and the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies...

HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Health Issues

DISTRICTS SAVE WITH HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

Michigan schools could save $451 million annually by switching all employees from the conventional low-deductible insurance coverage to health savings accounts, according to estimates by the Mackinac Center...

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