NCPA Daily Policy Digest (7/29/10)
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National Center for Policy AnalysisDaily Policy DigestThursday, July 29, 2010 |
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State and Local Issues UNFUNDED LIABILITIES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANSThe total unfunded liabilities for all state and local government benefit plans could be as high as $3.1 trillion -- nearly three times higher than the plans currently report, say Courtney A. Collins, an assistant professor of economics at the Stetson School of Business at Mercer University, and Andrew J. Rettenmaier, the Executive Associate Director at the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University and a senior fellow with the NCPA... NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Health Issues E-MAIL COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR PATIENTS' HEALTHAlthough electronic communication with physicians can help patients, more experimentation is needed to form a consensus on how it could affect each type of patient, says Devon Herrick, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis... KAISER PERMANENTE/AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS Health Issues EMERGENCY ROOM WAITS DRAG AS PATIENT NUMBERS RISEPresident Obama's health care reform will insure between 32 million and 34 million more people -- half of whom will be covered through Medicaid, which represents the largest percentage of emergency room visits. This will add between 848,000 and 901,000 emergency room visits a year, thus increasing waiting times, says the National Center for Policy Analysis... PRESS GANEY ASSOCIATES INC./KANSAS CITY BUSINESS JOURNAL Regulatory Issues A MORATORIUM WE NEEDRegulation now costs the U.S. economy over $1 trillion a year, says Iain Murray, vice president for strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute... WASHINGTON EXAMINER Energy Issues LIFT "RECKLESS" OIL DRILLING BAN, GULF RESIDENTS PLEADA moratorium banning oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico is "reckless" and suffocates small businesses and destroys livelihoods, according to lawmakers and residents... LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY/YAHOO! NEWS |
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