What Is Military Appreciation?
Townhall: We should honor our servicemembers with an earnest heart and let our actions, not words, be the testimony of such, says NCPA Executive Director Allen West in his commentary at Townhall.
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Americans Giving Up Smoking Can Cut The Country's Healthcare Spending By $63 Billion
Parent Herald: Research from the NCPA explaining why health care spending is not a burden on the U.S. economy is cited in this article from the Parent Herald.
Trump’s Dodd-Frank Plan Will Be Early Test of Republican Unity
Bloomberg: House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s statements on a Dodd-Frank replacement at the NCPA’s Financial Crisis Summit are highlighted in this article from Bloomberg.
What Is Important — and Not Important — about Inflation
From early times investors have rightly worried about the instability of the price level. Inflations large enough to wipe out real returns from stocks and bonds are all too common. Does that require that the rate of inflation be a vital consideration in investment decisions? Not necessarily. It is not so much inflation itself, but its instability or unpredictability that hardest hits investment performance. Egged on by statisticians, the Federal Reserve, pundits and the press, investors spend scarce time and resources arguing about the degree of inflation. Yet the facts suggest much of the fuss is unnecessary.
Data Insights from the 2016 ACA Marketplace
California Broker Magazine: NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick outlines a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act in this article from California Broker Magazine.
Pittsburgh Insurer Highmark Swings For The Fences On Obamacare Bailout
Forbes: Taxpayers can be relieved that less than a handful of insurers have decided to go for a judicial bailout, says NCPA Senior Fellow John Graham in his commentary at Forbes.
Heartland Part of Full-Page Ad in New York Times Standing Up For Free Speech on Climate, Against Abuse of Power
Heartland Institute: NCPA President and CEO, James H. Amos, Jr. was highlighted as taking part in a full-page ad in the New York Times standing up for free speech on climate and against the abuse of power in this article from the Heartland Institute.
Texas Grid and U.S. National Security
Chairman Perry and members of the Subcommittee, 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. 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.
My petition for a shorter airport security line
Star Tribune: Research from the NCPA concerning the TSA and their screener turnover rate is cited in this article from the Star Tribune.
House Republicans, Conservatives Applaud Court Ruling on Funding of Obamacare Subsidies
NCS News: If the decision striking down the ACA’s cost-sharing provision stands, it will likely hasten the demise of Obamacare, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in this article from CNS News.
Regulations Are A Really Big Drag On U.S. Growth
Townhall: The cumulative buildup of federal regulations over time leads to duplicative, obsolete, conflicting and even contradictory rules which stifle growth, says AEI Resident Scholar Mark Perry and NCPA Senior Fellow Thomas Hemphill in this commentary at Investor’s Business Daily.
Republicans to Unveil Alternative Legislation to Repeal and Replace Dodd-Frank Act
Washington Free Beacon: House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s remarks unveiling alternative legislation to repeal and replace the Dodd-Frank Act made at the NCPA Financial Crisis Summit in D.C. on May 12th are the topic of this article at The Washington Free Beacon.
Federal Bill Aims to Speed OTC Birth Control Efforts
Pharmacy Times: Research from the NCPA on how transitioning birth control to over-the-counter would affect costs is cited in this article from the Pharmacy Times.
Is the Iran Deal on the Rhode to Recovery?
Townhall: NCPA Senior Fellow David Grantham explains how Congress can begin to fix the Obama Administration’s reckless and impulsive agreement with Iran in a commentary at Townhall.
Bill provides an example of poor fiscal management
NewsOK: The Oklahoma Senate Bill 1150 will give pharmacies unprecedented pricing power to wield over drug plan enrollees, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in an article from The Oklahoman.
ObamaDon’tCare: Socialized Medicine’s Financial Black Holes
The American Spectator: A March report from the NCPA revealing the failure by the Obamacare exchanges to detect fraud is cited in this article from The American Spectator.
How to Replace Obamacare with a Better Plan
NCPA: With health care costs and insurance premiums rising, the National Center for Policy Analysis has developed a multi-point Congressional brief that outlines affordable and effective alternatives. The objective of these proposed changes is to do what the Affordable Care Act has failed to do – create accessible, affordable and high quality health care for many more Americans than have it now.
NCPA Alternatives to Obamacare
Goals of Health Reform Health reform must replace Obamacare with increased flexibility in health plan design; tax fairness regardless of where Americans get their health coverage; increased access to primary care …
Congressional Brief: NCPA Health Reform Agenda
Goals of Health Reform Health reform must replace Obamacare with increased flexibility in health plan design; tax fairness regardless of where Americans get their health coverage; increased access to primary care …
Economic Growth Policies and the Construction Industry in North and East Texas
Townhall: NCPA Executive Director Allen West says pro-growth economic policies have created a positive ripple effect in Texas, in a commentary co-authored by Meloni McDaniel, President and CEO of TEXO, at Townhall.
Protecting Texas electrical grid key to preserving national security
Homeland Security News Wire: Utilities and the Texas government need to come together to protect the grid, says NCPA Senior Fellow David Grantham in this article from Homeland Security News Wire.
Social Media Spy Intel
FOX Business: In an interview on FOX Business Network’s Cavuto Coast to Coast, NCPA Executive Director Allen West says an important aspect of the 21st century battlefield is terrorists’ use of social media.