Daily Policy Digest
| VA Electronic Health Records Despite promises to increase its reliance on electronic health records, the VA maintains the same number as it did in 2007, says Kyle Buckley, a graduate student fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis and a veteran of the U.S. Army... |
| Physicians Misdiagnose at an Alarming Rate An estimated 10 percent to 20 percent of health care cases are misdiagnosed, which exceeds drug errors and surgery on the wrong patient or body part, both of which receive considerably more attention... |
| A Revealing Look at a State Flagship State flagship universities are a waste of time and resources for many students, regardless of class; regional schools offer lower tuitions and environments more conducive to studying... |
| England's National Health Services Offers Future Vision of ObamaCare From 2005 to 2012, British hospital emergency room visits increased 22 percent, a period during which the population grew by only 4 percent... |
| How We Underestimate Long-Term Unemployment In 2007, the average unemployed person who dropped out of the labor force looked for a job for nine weeks; by 2011, that figure had risen to over 21 weeks... |
| Amendments to Limit Campaign Contributions Misguided Evidence from recent elections shows that campaign spending is not strongly related to electoral wins... |
| Why an Internet Sales Tax Would Be Ineffective Imposing Internet taxation would not correctly assess the value of delivering a public service involved in an Internet transaction... |
| Big Changes Looming for Broadcast Television A startup firm, Aereo, is seeking to disrupt the cable and television industry with a new technology that could change broadcasters' business models... |
| Rather than Government, Private Philanthropy Should Expand Pre-K Privately-supported programs could expand pre-kindergarten to local school systems across the country without government support... |
| The Case for Eliminating Farm Subsidies In 2009, the average net worth of a farmer was nearly $1 million, twice the national average, and average household income for farms was more than $84,000 in 2010... |
