Daily Policy Digest
| The Impact of School Vouchers on College Enrollment African American college-enrollment increased by 9 percentage points, an increase of 24 percent, when a voucher was used for a private school... |
| Six Reasons to Oppose ObamaCare A loophole in the wording of ObamaCare means that states that refuse to create a health insurance exchange could protect the state's businesses from a $2,000 per employee fine... |
| Medical Loss Ratio Requirement Could Raise Insurer Profits The Medical Loss Ratio formula calculates the amount leftover for administrative costs and profits as a percentage of the total premium, not medical costs, meaning that higher premiums mean a higher overall premium take from which to calculate profits from... |
| Capitalist Profit Motive Reduces Pollution The transformation of industrial waste into lucrative byproducts is one trend that has ensured that pollution decreases while reliance on environmental resources is minimized... |
| New Bowles-Simpson Fiscal Plan Shows Promise According to projections, the new Bowles-Simpson plan will achieve $5.2 trillion in deficit reduction compared to $4.3 trillion in reductions in the Senate-passed and Obama budgets... |
| Medicaid: Broken, In Need of Reform Today there are essentially 50 different Medicaid programs whose total spending accounts for 2.8 percent of gross domestic product, or $400 billion a year... |
| Federal Communications Commission Interferes With Spectrum Reallocation, Harms Industry Growth of the U.S. wireless industry is being constrained by a shortage of available spectrum, as the increase in demand for mobile data requires a more robust wireless system... |
| Increased Natural Gas Production Lowers Emissions Carbon dioxide emissions from energy production has fallen 12 percent between 2005 and 2012, according to the U.S. Energy Department... |
| Wind Energy Cannot Compete in Free Market The cost per megawatt-hour (MWh) of combined capital and operating expenses of the lifetime of a new wind energy unit is $96/MWh versus $66.1/MWh for natural gas... |
| New Labor Department Rule Limits Firms' Ability to Seek Legal Advice A new Labor Department rule would discourage labor lawyers from advising firms on union-organizing activities, thereby giving an advantage to unions while violating the privacy of the attorney-client relationship... |
