For Latin America, The Legacy of Communism Is in Its Response
In a commentary for The Conservative Online, Senior Fellow Dr. David Grantham explains the origin of rising Middle East terrorism across Latin America.
Obamacare Repeal & Replace 2.0: Where do We Go from Here?
Townhall: The failed GOP American Health Care Act was not perfect, however it was markedly superior than Obamacare.
The Economic Cost of Not Repealing Obamacare
The Economic Cost of Not Repealing Obamacare Lunch BriefingFriday, March 31, 2017 12:00 – 1:00 PM 2203 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. Congress and the Trump Administration formed a …
The Economic Effects of Repealing The Job Killing Provisions of Obamacare
Today’s Presentation
- How we model the economic effects of tax and subsidy changes.
- The economic effects of repealing the taxes and subsidies provided for by the ACA.
- Effects on key economic indicators.
- Revenue effects
The Breadlines of America
The American Dream is about the opportunity to buy bread, it is not about the government mandating you to wait in a breadline. The American promise comes from a culture of hard work that enables success, not culture of dependency that corrodes peoples inherent human dignity.
The Trump Administration’s Attempt to Slow Obamacare’s Collapse through Rulemaking
Obamacare is enrolling too many sick people and too few healthy ones to prevent a death spiral. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a unit of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), has proposed a new rule to stabilize the Obamacare markets for individual health insurance. This was the first rule issued since Dr. Tom Price was appointed HHS secretary. The proposed Market Stabilization rule includes a number of measures to prevent people from entering the market when sick and exiting when healthy.
Terrorism in Latin America (Part One): The Infiltration of Islamic Extremists
The threat from Islamic extremists in Latin America remains an overlooked aspect of U.S. national security strategy. And the threat is worsening – not “waning” as the Obama administration claimed about Iran in 2013. The Trump administration should shift U.S. priorities in Latin America to strategies that preemptively disrupt the financial networks of Islamists, aid allied governments with legal and law enforcement support, and increase intelligence-gathering capabilities in the region.
The Logic-Defying CBO Obamacare Replacement Score Breaks Its Own Rules, among Other Problems
Dr. Tom Price, the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services, has said the Congressional Budget Office’s recent “score” of the Republican Obamacare replacement bill defies logic. Even worse, it defies the very
rules which govern the CBO.
Did Justice Scalia Name His Own Successor a Week Before He Died?
According to Law Professor Bryan Garner he did. On February 10,2017 Professor Garner revealed to his Advanced Legal Writing Class at Southern Methodist University that a week before his death …
The Economic Effects of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently analyzed the effect of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act on federal revenues and the uninsured. There was much hype about their conclusions that 24 million people would be added to the ranks of the uninsured (although about 14 million of those would choose not to buy insurance because they would no longer be forced to). Also, federal deficits would fall by $337 billion over 10 years. However, the CBO did not measure the economic effects of repealing some of the most burdensome aspects of Obamacare, which would create hundreds of thousands of jobs and increase Americans’ personal incomes.
Analysis of the Pros and Cons of the American Health Reform Act of 2017
Analysis of the Pros and Cons of the American Health Reform Act of 2017 Lunch BriefingWednesday, March 15, 201712:00 – 1:30 PM2103 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. Congress and the …
Tax Reform and the Border-adjusted Tax
The tax reform idea that has received the most attention recently is replacing the corporate income tax with a cash-flow tax on domestic business — and imposing a tax on imports into the United States.
Young Patriot Essay Contest 2017
We have winners for the 2017 Young Patriots Essay Contest! Three teens took home $9,000 in scholarships from Debate Central’s Young Patriots Essay Contest, sponsored by NCPA and Copart, with …
Modernizing Federal Wage and Hour Policy
Chairman Byrne, Ranking Member Takano, and Subcommittee members, thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments about modernizing wage and hour policy. I am Pamela Villarreal, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
The workplace has changed dramatically since the 1930s, yet most federal wage and hour policies are based on rules that were established under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. While the FLSA has been amended over time, wage and hour policies have been slow to change with the diverse needs of the labor force. The participation rate of women has nearly doubled since 1950Union membership has been on the decline since the mid-1950s. U.S. manufacturing jobs have fallen by two-thirds since 1960, comprising about 8 percent of employment. Technological changes allow employees to work in non-office environments. Two-parent and single parent earner households have made it necessary for employers to be flexible in allowing workers to care for children or family members. Despite these changes in the workforce, federal wage and hour policies are mandated one-size-fits-all and do not allow employers to meet the various needs of their employees. Employee benefits law tends to be very rigid. In general, employees are not allowed to choose between taxable wages and nontaxed benefits.
Letter to SEC – Conflict Minerals
Dear Chairman Piwowar,
On behalf of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), I am submitting this statement regarding the reconsideration of the conflict minerals rule implementation.
The conflict minerals statute is a microcosm of the Dodd-Frank Act: a costly regulatory monster which not only failed to accomplish its intended purpose, but hurt those it was supposed to help.
Who Is Responsible for Rising Drug Costs?
Americans’ prescription drug bills are rising. Most drugs are affordable, but prices for a few drugs exceed the average mortgage payment. They can be especially costly when there are only one, two or three patented drugs in a given therapeutic class. Drug makers are free to establish whatever price they believe the market will bear and, depending on the number of competitors, they could have significant pricing power.
The Negative Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Small Employers and their Employees
Chairman Chabot, Ranking Member Velázquez, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments about the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on small businesses and their employees. I am Devon Herrick, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) inhibits the growth of small businesses by raising the cost of growing beyond a certain size. This is more pronounced for firms employing low-skilled workers. The ACA’s employer mandate requires firms employing more than 49 workers to offer health coverage that includes an essential benefit package or pay a fine. The fine is $2,000 per worker beginning with the 31st worker. For firms that do not offer health benefits, this means the marginal cost of hiring the 50th worker is $40,000 in penalties on top of compensation costs for the 50th worker [(50 – 30) x $2,000]. Thus, small firms that employ less than 50 workers are unlikely to expand beyond 49 workers — especially if their workers are modest wage earners.
Congressional Brief: 12 Fundamentals of Highly Effective Healthcare
Empowering Patients, Providers and the Private Sector by lowering costs, increasing quality and expanding access.
Three Reasons Why the United States Should Defund the U.N. Palestinian Refugee Program
Chairwoman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Smith, and Subcommittee members, thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments about the EMP threat to our nation’s electric grids. I am David Grantham, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Reforming the Social Security Appeals Process
In 2015, about 12 million workers and their dependents received Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. While this is slightly fewer than the 12.1 million beneficiaries in 2014, beneficiary growth has averaged about 4 percent a year since 1990.
NCPA Contributing Fellow on Supreme Court Announcement
Cherylyn Harley LeBon, former Senior Counsel on U.S. Senate Judiciary and Contributing Fellow with NCPA, comments on President Trump’s Supreme Court pick.
Three Reasons Why the United States Should Defund the U.N. Palestinian Refugee Program
American taxpayer money spent on U.N. programs is often wasted, and the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is a prime example. The United States remains the largest contributor to the United Nations, funding 22 percent of the organization’s 2015 budget. The United States is also the single largest donor to UNRWA, paying approximately $380 million toward a nearly $1 billion budget in 2015.
NCPA's John R. Graham House Ways & Means Testimony
Highlights of John R. Graham’s Testimony to House Ways & Means Committee.
NCPA’s John R. Graham testifies before House Ways & Means Committee on ACA individual mandates
The individual mandate is Obamacare’s least popular feature. It was the subject of the 2012 lawsuit asserting Obamacare was unconstitutional: Never before had the federal government forced any resident to buy a good or service from a private business. The people lost that argument. Nevertheless, Republicans have pledged to eliminate the individual mandate. This commitment remains good politics. Perhaps counterintuitively, it is also good economics.