NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Tuesday, April 16, 2002

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Daily Policy Digest
Tuesday, April 16, 2002

	U.S. foreign debt could be overstated by $600 billion, according to a new study....
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD/WALL STREET JOURNAL

	The scheduled resurrection of the death tax in 2011 should be permanently postponed, say critics....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	New polio strain may have mutated from vaccine, and could also return by accident or bioterrorism....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Use of private nurses in hospitals is increasing, despite costs of up to $75 an hour....
NEW YORK TIMES

	Physicians often use approved drugs in ways not approved by the Food and Drug Administration....
MEDICAL SENTINEL

	Medicare tax will have to more than double to take care of Baby Boomers, warns economist Laurence J. Kotlikoff....
ECONOMIC INTUITION

	The self-employed uninsured utilize medical services at rates similar to the insured, say researchers....
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

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