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The Obamacare Chickens have Come Home to Roost for Former Head of CMS
Townhall: NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick says Obamacare is unsustainable and destined to collapse, in a commentary at Townhall.
Health Insurers Shift More Costs To Taxpayers In Obamacare Exchanges
Forbes: NCPA Senior Fellow John Graham says that as time progresses, taxpayers are shouldering a higher share of Obamacare’s costs, in a commentary at Forbes.
Three Ways Entrepreneurship Can Save the Economy
NAV: Research from the NCPA showing the correlation between increased entrepreneurship and declining poverty is cited in this article at NAV.
Is your 401(k) plan treating you right?
Dallas Morning News: NCPA research on retirement options is cited in this commentary by Scott Burns that appeared aDallas Morning News.
Agriculture – The Lifeblood of the Economy – A Luncheon with Texas Legend Red Steagall
Agriculture – The Lifeblood of the Economy A Luncheon with Texas Legend Red Steagall WHEN: May 4, 2016 WHERE: 5201 Westgrove Dr. …
Lone Star State Key to Preserving National Security
NCPA: Protecting America’s most vulnerable asset – our electric power grid – starts with Texas, according to a new study by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow David Grantham.
Wed. Luncheon with Texas Legend Red Steagall in Dallas May
NCPA: Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame member and 2006 Poet Laureate Red Steagall will share his poetry and his ideas on agriculture and the economy at a May 4th luncheon for the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Red intends to use “a few jokes and a couple of poems” to emphasize the importance of agriculture which he considers “essential to our common well-being.”
The Texas Grid and U.S. National Security
America’s electric power grid is arguably the most vulnerable part of our nation’s infrastructure. Divided among three geographical regions, the U.S. network remains dangerously exposed to a host of potentially devastating natural disasters …
Texas under Trump: Experts see economic trouble, uncertain on energy and abortion
Dallas Morning News: NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal outlines the possible impacts of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax proposal in this article in the Trail Blazers Blog at Dallas Morning News.
JBS Distinguished Lecture: Election cycle, party principles take center stage
Odessa American Online: NCPA Executive Director Allen West says this election cycle is stirring people to ask questions about how the delegate system works, in this article from Odessa American Online.
JBS Distinguished Lecture Series
NCPA Executive Director Allen West’s participation in the JBS Distinguished Lecture Series debate in Odessa is featured on FOX News Channel’s The Five.
Financial Crisis Conference
Financial Crisis Conference Can We Prevent the Next Credit Crisis? WHEN: April 27, 2016 WHERE: Dallas Marriott Las Colinas 223 West Las Colinas …
Iran and Syria
FOX Business: Awarding the families of the victims of Iranian sponsored terror from Iran’s frozen assets is not theft as Iran is claiming, says NCPA Executive Director Allen West in an interview on FOX Business’ Varney & Co.
Proposed Drug Plan Bill Could Raise Consumer Rx Prices
NCPA: New legislation just passed by the state House of Representatives in Oklahoma will allow pharmacies to request higher prices than the maximum allowable costs (MAC) on certain prescription drugs, as well as enable pharmacies to request higher consumer co-pays, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Devon Herrick.
Proposed Drug Plan Legislation Could Hurt Oklahoma Consumers, Raise Costs
An estimated 70 percent of Americans are enrolled in a prescription drug plan through their employer, health insurer or Medicare Part D. Millions more have joined discount drug card programs. When hundreds …
Saudi Tensions
FOX Business: President Obama needs to operate from a position of strength, not appeasement, says NCPA Executive Director Allen West in an interview on FOX Business’ Risk & Reward.
U.S. Health Spending Is Not an Economic Burden
NCPA: The assumption that health spending influences economic growth for better or worse is too simple, and could lead to detrimental policy recommendations, according to a new study by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow John R. Graham.
U.S. Health Spending Is Not a Burden on the Economy
Health spending consumes a higher share of output in the United States than in other countries. In 2013, its U.S. share was 17 percent. The next highest country was France, where health …
Don’t expect to hear from fans of Yellen, SEC or Congress at NCPA event
Dallas Morning News: The upcoming NCPA Financial Crisis Conference is highlighted in this article from the Dallas Morning News.
Reform: Focus on security assurance, not capacity building
AND Magazine: NCPA Senior Fellow David Grantham’s study showing the need for reform in our military’s financial commitment to the Trans-Saharan partnerships, and its counterterrorism and “capacity-building” efforts in Africa is cited in this article in AND Magazine.
The U.S. Health System Is Not An Economic Burden
Forbes: An NCPA study finds that when patients control a larger share of their health spending, it results in lesser health spending overall, says NCPA Senior Fellow John Graham in a commentary at Forbes.
LTC Allen West to speak at 2016 Lincoln-Reagan dinner May 14
Naples Daily News: NCPA Executive Director Allen West’s upcoming speech at the 2016 Lincoln-Reagan Dinner hosted by the Republican Party of Lee County is highlighted in this article from Naples Daily News.
U.S. Involvement in Africa Needs Reform
NCPA: The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act must reform the military’s financial commitment to the Trans-Saharan partnerships, and its counterterrorism and “capacity-building” efforts in Africa, according to a new study by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow David Grantham.