Author: The National Center
Medicare is Cheating Seniors Out of Care, Says New Study
Chronically low Medicare reimbursement rates to physicians and hospitals are forcing doctors to limit the number of Medicare patients they see - or opt out of the program altogether - with devastating results to seniors' health care options, says a ...
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White House Health Care Plan Contains Back Door to a Public Option, by Matt Patterson
President Barack Obama's new health care proposal - more of an outline than an actual plan - builds largely on the Senate bill passed in December, and like that plan contains no "public option."1 But there is built into the ...
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Statement of the National Center for Public Policy Research Regarding President Obama’s Health Care Proposal
Washington, DC - The President's new health care proposal could be summed up as: Meet the new plan, same as the old plan. Same liberty-crushing mandates that individuals buy insurance or face government sanction; same budget-busting, multi-trillion dollar burdens shifted ...
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President Obama’s Cap-and-Trade Policy Takes Another Hit: BP, Caterpillar and ConocoPhillips Exit USCAP Global Warming Lobbying Group
Washington, DC - President Obama's cap-and-trade policy took another hit with the announcement that oil companies BP and ConocoPhillips and heavy equipment maker Caterpillar are leaving the high-profile United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) lobbying organization. USCAP played a key ...
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USCAP Statement on Membership Changes Misleads Public
The following is a statement from Tom Borelli, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project: Yesterday's press release from the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) misled the public by failing to disclose that ...
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Medicare Doctor Shortage Endangers Seniors’ Access to Care, by Matt Patterson
2009-2010 has seen a great national debate over the role of government in health care. But few Americans realize just what a expansive role the government already plays in our health care system: In 2008, government spending on health care ...
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Following Obama Comments, Corporate and Environmental Special Interests Scramble to Lobby Administration Officials on Global Warming Legislation
Washington, DC - Desperation and panic over the imminent failure of cap-and-trade legislation is driving a new White House lobbying push by special interest groups, according to policy experts at the National Center for Public Research. Corporate and environmental special ...
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Proposed Soda Taxes Fall Flat, Says Black Activist
Washington, DC: Proposed soda taxes fall flat, according to Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the Project 21 black leadership network, who says the demonization of carbonated beverages is just another example of the progressive attack on liberty. "After the Obama ...
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ObamaCare: Socialism By Any Other Name, by Matt Patterson
On January 29 President Barack Obama addressed a gathering of House Republicans at their annual retreat in Baltimore. This effort at cross-party outreach was somewhat marred when Obama accused the gathered Republicans of maliciously poisoning the public against his health ...
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Black Conservatives Praise CBS, Focus on the Family and the Tebow Family
Washington, DC: Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out in support of Focus on the Family and the family of former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow for their efforts to air a pro-family commercial message during ...
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