FOXBusiness.com: NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal says that raising the full-time designation from 30 to 40 hours a week could drop the cost of labor and actually increase wages in a FOXBusiness.com piece.
US News and World Report: Widows should build a new context for their financial decisions which reinforces their new independence, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal in a US News & World Report article.
Investor’s Business Daily: The latest proposed regulatory change to Medicare would increase costs to both taxpayers and seniors while reducing the number of available drug plan choices, says Devon Herrick in a piece for Investor’s Business Daily.
Forbes: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer discusses the release of the FOMC transcripts and his time at the Federal Reserve in a Forbes commentary.
Townhall.com: Forcing doctors to stick solely to guidelines and protocols eliminates the possibility of personalized medicine, says Goodman in a Townhall.com commentary.
Managed Healthcare Executive: Cutting Medicare Advantage payments would diminish seniors’ options and benefits many have come to rely on, says NCAP Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Managed Healthcare Executive article.
Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series with David Stockman Interviewed by NCPA President, John Goodman WHEN: Friday, February 21, 2014 12:00PM – 1:15PM WHERE: Renaissance Hotel Dallas Ellipse Ballroom 2222 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, TX 75207 (214) 631-2222 Click …
Psychology Today: Following up his congressional testimony, NCPA President John Goodman explained what each side has right – and wrong – about insurance and explains just how ObamaCare’s risk corridors work in a piece for Psychology Today.
Investment News: NCPA Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal utilized the State Tax Calculator to help seniors decide whether carrying a mortgage into retirement is worth the expense in an Investment News article.
NCPA: A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposal would cause almost 14 million seniors to lose their Medicare Part D stand-alone drug plans next year, according to a new National Center for Policy Analysis(NCPA) report.
FOXBusiness.com: The focus of the ACA enrollment debate should be if and when people are paying their premiums, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a FOXBusiness.com article. According to Herrick, it’ll be 3-5 months before we know whether people are consistently paying their premiums and keeping their insurance.
Nearly 39 million Medicare beneficiaries, including both seniors and the disabled, have subsidized drug coverage through the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003. Of these, nearly 36 million individuals are enrolled in drug plans known as Medicare Part D. [See Figure I.]
Watchdog.org: Medicaid is taking in “more and more people that are less and less poor,” and its expansion in Virginia could reduce access to care for those most needy, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a piece from Watchdog.org.
Wisconsin has moved about two-thirds of its Medicaid enrollees into privately administered managed care plans, known as BadgerCare. However, the state has been very slow to move Medicaid enrollees into managed drug plans. Virtually all state Medicaid programs distribute some drugs on a fee-for-service (FFS) basis separately from enrollees’ health plans.
Oklahoma has moved most of its Medicaid enrollees into privately-administered managed care plans, under a program known as SoonerCare. The state should also move Medicaid enrollees to managed drug plans. Virtually all state Medicaid programs distribute some drugs on a fee-for-service (FFS) basis separately from any health plan.
Arkansas has moved most of its Medicaid enrollees into privately-administered managed care plans. Currently, half a million Arkansas beneficiaries are enrolled in managed care. This is equivalent to nearly 80 percent of the Medicaid population in Arkansas before the state expanded eligibility. However, the state has been very slow to move Medicaid enrollees to managed drug plans.
Forbes: A fixed sum tax credit would eliminate ObamaCare’s perverse incentives and is a reform option both parties can agree on, writes NCPA President John Goodman in a Forbes column.
PBS’s Market Sen$e: NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff reaffirms the economics behind abolishing the corporate income tax to benefit workers and responds to concerns raised by his New York Times op-ed at PBS’s Market Sen$e.
The Washington Examiner: Due to the lack of young people signing up for ObamaCare, NCPA President John Goodman estimates in the Washington Examiner that the losses are going to be “quite large,” and understands why the Obama Administration would be tempted to extend the risk corridors.
Townhall.com: Goodman states that forcing workers to invest in health insurance they don’t need may end up costing people their jobs in a Townhall.com commentary.
CNSNews.com: The declining growth in health care spending that started 10 years ago is a result of health savings accounts, not ObamaCare, says NCPA Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara in a CNSNews.com piece.
PlanSponsor: Mortgage debt can “sap your wealth, even in states with lower taxes,” says NCPA Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal in a PlanSponsor article on the impact of mortgage debt on retirement income.
In 2011, the first of 78 million baby boomers turned 65. By 2031, the last year of the boomer generation will reach their full retirement age (67). Many will consider moving to a less costly, low-tax state to reduce their living expenses.
NCPA: David Stockman, chief architect of Reagan’s supply-side economics, will be interviewed by National Center for Policy Analysis President John C. Goodman at a Dallas luncheon on Friday, February 21st as part of the NCPA’s Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series.
InsuranceNewsNet.com: Include your employees in the insurance discussion to cut costs and target benefits, advises NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in an InsuranceNewsNet.com piece.