A report on the costs and benefits of prescription drugs just released by the National Association of Attorneys General runs the risk of reducing consumers’ choices in the marketplace, especially if states resort to lawsuits against drug manufacturers.
The U.S. Social Security system is facing an unfunded liability of $11 trillion – about the size of the entire U.S. economy.
Patients are increasingly by-passing doctors and managing their own health care, according to a study released today by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
A burgeoning consensus among disparate groups driven by growing worldwide demand for electricity, advancing technology, improved safety and national security concerns is fueling revived interest in nuclear energy.
The current system of unemployment insurance encourages lay-offs, discourages workers from seeking new jobs and needs to be reformed, according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
Thomas Saving on Bloomberg – Trustees' Report (Video)
Thomas Saving on CNBC – Trustees' Report (Video)
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual report on the future health of the nation’s elderly entitlement programs today, and their findings were chilling.
The developed world is about to experience the greatest demographic change in its history, which absent reform will eventually lower America’s standard of living by almost one-third by the middle of this century.
The 43 million Americans who have invested in their employer’s 401(k) retirement program will face a difficult decision – what will they do with all the money they saved at the time they retire?
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) unveiled today a groundbreaking new plan to reform Social Security that for the first time explicitly spells out how to fund the transition from the current pay-as-you-go system to a retirement program that is fully funded.
Social Security reform is at the top of President Bush’s agenda. And with good reason.
Mike Whalen has been named policy chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) by the board of directors of the Dallas-based public policy research organization.
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) has announced that former Delaware Governor Pete du Pont has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of the Dallas-based public policy research organization.
A federal task force report issued this week confirms research by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) proving that patients can save more on prescription drugs by becoming smarter shoppers rather than importing them from Canada.
Workers would save more and have sounder investments in their retirement savings accounts under a reform plan proposed today by scholars at the Brookings Institution and the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
Sen. John Kerry’s new health care plan would virtually destroy the individual and small-group health insurance markets and most Americans would not be able to remain in the private health plan they have today, according to a study published today by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
The number of Americans who have health insurance is higher now than at any time in recent history, according to an analysis of the latest Census report by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
The benefits of outsourcing to the U.S. economy far outweigh the costs.
House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) has introduced legislation to create a tax credit to purchase health insurance, a plan that is modeled after President Bush’s tax credit proposal.
A new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) exposes serious problems with the historical climate trends reconstruction published by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Social Security and Medicare benefits are on a course to crowd out funding for every other government program in the absence of significant tax increases.
The Medicare prescription drug card program may not generate the cost savings seniors expect.
Ruth Cymber, chief of staff to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), has joined the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) as Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs.
Industry insiders have predicted that consumer-driven health insurance plans would revolutionize the U.S. health care system within the next few years.