The Heartland Institute: In an interview with The Heartland Institute, NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick says some drug inflation is due to slow action by the FDA, which has a backlog of around 4,000 abbreviated new drug applications.
It is a great time to be a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major in Texas. Dallas made Forbes’ list of the top 10 cities for STEM jobs and has the second highest annual median wage growth for STEM workers, while Houston and Austin were named the top two metropolitan areas for STEM professionals in a Wallet Hub report.
NCPA: Alabama legislators could save taxpayers millions with a few simple changes to the way Medicaid prescription drug benefits are handled, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a new report published by the NCPA.
Townhall.com: NCPA President/CEO Allen West reflects on President Barack Obama’s address at the US Coast Guard Academy in a Townhall.com commentary.
One million Alabamans are enrolled in Medicaid, a joint federal-state program that provides medical care to nearly 70 million low-income individuals nationwide. Medicaid is one of the two primary expenditures in most state budgets, and Alabama is no exception. Medicaid consumes over one-third of the General Fund, and costs state and federal taxpayers nearly $6 billion annually — about one-tenth of which participants spend on drugs and drug therapies.
Plastics Today: A drop in scrap recycling commodity prices is beginning to hurt the recycling industry and could cause major cities to lose their recycling programs says a Plastics Today article citing NCPA research.
The Independent Institute: U.S. hospitals are buying up each other, reducing competition and raising prices, warns NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at The Independent Institute.
Forbes: “Under Obamacare, net premiums are artificially low because of tax credits that are consumed by health insurers,” says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
Medicare fraud is a serious problem. The Medicare bureaucracy has the power to impose moratoria on new providers in geographic or program areas it deems susceptible to fraud. However, preventing …
One of the 114th Congress’ first moves was to open discussion on dynamic scoring. On January 6, 2015, the House of Representatives adopted a rule change that would require all legislation to be dynamically scored.
The Heartland Institute: Blue Cross Blue Shield in Massachusetts’ new payment system will pay doctors based on how little care patients use, which would penalize the best specialists and possibly put patients’ health at risk, warns NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a commentary at The Heartland Institute.
During a time when the labor force participation rate is at its lowest in decades, the NCPA believes it is important to get people back to work and implement policies to encourage long-term investments in jobs.
Heartland: The FDA’s rush to overregulate safer alternatives to smoking in the form of e-cigarettes is odd, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Heartland article.
Townhall.com: Equality of opportunity, not “income inequality,” is what we need in this country, says NCPA President/CEO Allen West in his Townhall.com commentary.
American Thinker: Doctors are accepting fines from Medicare & Medicaid Services for not complying with electric health records (EHR) regulations because the records are taking time away from patients, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an American Thinker commentary.
Income inequality is largely misunderstood and its importance is frequently overstated. Since the late 1970s, middle-class incomes and living standards have continued to improve.
Through the U.S. Department of Education, created in 1979, the federal government has incrementally increased its role in education over the last 30 years.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The 11.7 million enrollments cheered by Obamacare’s supporters will drop as people fail to pay their premiums, switch insurance, and drop their coverage, warns NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Independent Institute: Obamacare’s risk corridors which comprised an unlimited taxpayer bailout of insurers’ profits have been capped by Congress, says Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at The Independent Institute.
In March 2013, the Budget Control Act of 2011 went into effect, automatically cutting spending in certain federal outlay categories. These cuts were initially set to begin in January 2013, but were delayed by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
The Diane Rehm Show: Allen West, the NCPA’s president and CEO, added his personal experience and expertise to the national conversation sparked by the Freddie Gray case in an interview with NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show.
Townhall: Restricting competition in the health care market may help “mom & pop” shops, but it hurts consumers and taxpayers, warns NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Townhall commentary.