NCPA: Tax Analysis Center Director, Boston University William Fairfield Warren Professor and National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff will outline the implications of the Social Security’s complexity in a Capitol Hill hearing today.
Chairman Johnson and Other Distinguished Members of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, It is an honor to testify to you today about Social Security. I view Social …
Forbes: NCPA Senior Fellow Lawrence Kotlikoff’s Social Security “secrets” can help individual maximize their benefits, according to a Forbes article.
Health.com: Scandlen’s concerns that consumers were effectually giving their insurers the equivalent of a year-long, interest-free loan under the ACA’s rebate provision were expressed in a separate Health.com piece.
PBS Newshour’s Making Sen$e: NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff offers his insights on the Social Security system, maximizing your benefits, and deeming in a commentary at PBS Newshour’s Making Sen$e.
Forbes: There is no general rule to maximize your Social Security benefits, says NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff in a Forbes commentary.
Forbes: Waiting to withdraw your Social Security benefits until your full retirement age can help you maximize your returns, says NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff in a Forbes commentary.
Health Day: Consumers won’t benefit from the Affordable Care Act’s rebate provision for at least a year, says NCPA Senior Fellow Greg Scandlen in a Health Day article.
Becker’s Hospital CFO: Health care spending, which has been slowed in recent years, is expected to surge this year and reverse that trend, according to analysis by the National Center for Policy Analysis cited in an article at Becker’s Hospital CFO.
Forbes: Government micromanagement of pharmaceutical budgets and margins would stifle innovation and bump up drug costs, says NCPA Senior Fellow John Graham in a Forbes commentary.
Independent Women’s Forum: NCPA Senior Research Fellow Lloyd Bentsen IV and Research Associate Megan Simons’ report on Teach for America underlines the need to attract and retain more talented, knowledgeable educations, according to an Independent Women’s Forum blog post.
Phoenix Business Journal: No one really knows what the conflicting court decisions will mean for Obamacare, Herrick said in a Phoenix Business Journal article. Since a decision in one circuit court isn’t binding on another, the question will likely get pushed to the Supreme Court.
NCPA: Teach for America’s rigorous interview and selection process produces teachers who often outpace their traditionally trained counterparts, according to a new report by Senior Research Fellow Lloyd Bentsen IV and Research Associate Megan Simons of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Indianapolis Business Journal: Declaring the federal subsidies for Obamacare illegal could spell trouble for the Republicans, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in an Indianapolis Business Journal blog post.
There is widespread agreement among education reformers that public school teachers should be hired based on their subject matter competence rather than their formal credentials; that the best teachers should be assigned to the lowest performing schools; and that teachers should be paid based on performance rather than tenure.
What effect is the Affordable Care Act (ACA) having on health care spending? Is the ACA bending the cost curve downward, or will health care spending outpace other spending? What …
Forbes: Maximizing your Social Security depends on the particulars, says NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff in a Forbes commentary.
For years, health care spending has outpaced economic growth. However, in 2012, health care spending as a share of the economy declined slightly for the second year in a row, based on official government statistics released at the outset of 2014. This news was greeted in some quarters as evidence that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was beginning to bend the cost curve downward.
Investor’s Business Daily: Improving economic opportunity for the poor, not imposing more taxes, is the key to stemming income inequality, say Kathryn Shelton and NCPA Senior Fellow Richard McKenzie in their Investor’s Business Daily commentary.
Forbes: Social Security won’t tell you if you’re leaving benefits on the table or when benefits become positive, says NCPA Senior Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff in a Forbes commentary.
Boston Business Journal: According to NCPA experts, subsidies are a key part of the health insurance premium costs for millions of residents across the nation, reports the Boston Business Journal.
NCPA: Just ahead of the upcoming annual report of the Medicare Trustees, the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) will hold a Wednesday Capitol Hill briefing on health care spending and the Affordable Care Act, led by former Medicare Trustee and NCPA Senior Fellow Thomas R. Saving.
Los Angeles Daily News: Four Star Leadership Participant Luz Gutierrez is featured in an L.A. Daily Newsfeature story.
Forbes: NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick outlines four ways to become a smart health care consumer in a Forbes article.