NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Thursday, September 12, 2002

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
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Daily Policy Digest
Thursday, September 12, 2002

	Some patients overpay for generics when their co-pay is higher than the prescription's actual cost....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Patients receive only 30 percent of medical liability awards, while lawyers get 40 percent, and taxpayers pay from $30 billion to $60 billion....
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

	Federal agencies made $19 billion in improper payments last year, say auditors....
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE/FOX NEWS

	Ranches have as much biodiversity as wildlife refuges, says a researcher, and grazing on public lands may be essential....
NEW YORK TIMES

	Without subsidies, renewable energy would fail, and less than 2 percent of consumers in any state have signed up for it....
CATO INSTITUTE

	"Restructuring" made California's energy sector worse off, because it was done so badly, observers say....
MILKEN INSTITUTE REVIEW

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