Colorado Health Insurance Insider: NCPA Senior Fellow Linda Gorman’s examination of claims that failing to expand Medicaid will cause 17,000 deaths per year was highlighted in the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review hosted at Colorado Health Insurance Insider.
FOX News: When a patient falls behind on their premium payments, could be left with an unpleasant surprise, says NCPA President John Goodman on FOX News. Under ObamaCare, insurance companies are only obligated to cover 30 of the 90 day grace period for patients who stop paying, leaving doctors with the bill for the last 60 days.
Newsmax: The current warming trend will lead to economic growth, according to an NCPA report featured in a Newsmax article.
FOX News: What we need to know is not how many people have signed up for ObamaCare, but how many paid their first month’s premium and will continue to pay through the rest of the year, says NCPA President John Goodman on FOX News’s Special Report with Bret Baier.
Poverty has exploded to record levels under President Obama.
Washington Examiner: Reducing the corporate tax rate to 9 percent and eliminating the loopholes would increase wages by 6 percent in the short term and 9 percent in the long-term, according to a Washington Examiner article covering the corporate income tax study conducted by the NCPA’s Tax Analysis Center.
Politico: The NCPA’s Tax Analysis Center’s latest study on cutting the corporate income tax was featured in Politico’s Morning Tax Report.
CNSNews.com: Eliminating the corporate income tax would produce major economic benefits and welfare gains in the U.S., says NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff in a CNSNews.com piece. Kotlioff discussed the income tax study conducted by the NCPA’s Tax Analysis Center at a Capitol Hill briefing in D.C.
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FOX News: ObamaCare fails to deliver because the demands of Democratic constituencies and special interests were simply thrown together rather than handled in a manageable way, says NCPA President John Goodman in an op-ed by Cal Thomas at FOX News.com.
OklahomaWatchdog.org: The Surgery Center of Oklahoma offers a cost incentive alternative for quality care, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in an OklahomaWatchdog.org article. The Surgery Center has agreed to provide lower cost medical procedures to Oklahoma County employees.
Heartland Institute: Both sides of the minimum wage debate focus on the wrong issue, says NCPA Senior Fellow Richard McKenzie in an interview with Heartland.
Dallas Morning News: If the minimum wage is raised, employers will compensate by cutting other benefits, such as vacation time and training, says NCPA Senior Fellow Richard McKenzie in a Dallas Morning News article.
Forbes: Convincing the public that a little inflation is a good thing is going to be a tough sell for Janet Yellen, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.
Dallas Morning News: Overstimulation or overregulation of the economy can both lead to negative consequences, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Dallas Morning News article.
Marginal Revolution: Raising the minimum wage could result in reduced fringe benefits, increased work demands, and decreased job training, says NCPA Senior Fellow Richard McKenzie in a post at Marginal Revolution.
KRLD: In his interview with KRLD Radio, NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer discusses his economic predictions for 2014 and his thoughts on Janet Yellen as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
FOX News: From not until the next open enrollment period at the end of the year, people will be unable to buy health insurance and comply with ObamaCare, says NCPA President John Goodman in a FOXNews.com article.
Newsmax: The health insurance market has been “completely closed down” until the next open enrollment session in seven months, NCPA President John Goodman said in a Newsmax article.
Both proponents and opponents of federal minimum-wage hikes are convinced that if Congress raises the minimum wage (whether to $9 or $10.10 or $15 an hour) the welfare of tens of millions of low-income workers will rise by a comparable amount. The two sides disagree over the extent of the job losses low-wage workers will suffer, but both sides acknowledge that most econometric studies over the past half-century show that a 10 percent hike in the federal minimum wage results in job losses for unskilled workers of no more than 3 percent, and potentially less than 1 percent. Most recently, the Congressional Budget Office found that if the minimum wage is hiked to $10.10, expected job losses by 2016 will amount to a scant 0.3 percent of the jobs affected.
Forbes: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer says he is uneasy with the Federal reserve’s goal to raise the inflation rate in a Forbes commentary.
FOXBusiness.com: Raising the minimum wage hurts low-skilled workers, including teens, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a FOXBusiness.com article.
Heartland Institute: The Marketplace Fairness Act would place an undue burden on online retailers, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in an interview with Heartland.
Forbes: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob Mcteer Says Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen’s focus on the Fed’s inflation target is worrisome in a Forbes commentary.
Forbes: Looking at President Obama’s April Fool’s Day speech, NCPA Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara says in a Forbes commentary that he finds a troubling lack of understanding of basic economics.