Daily Policy Digest
| Federal Guarantee of Multifamily Debt Market Exposes Taxpayers to Risk With more than 12 percent of the total housing stock considered multifamily rental housing, it is important for millions of Americans that the multifamily mortgage market operates correctly... |
| Earth Hour Will Harm Environment Earth Hour only addresses a small fraction of total energy consumption by asking participants to only turn off their lights while leaving heating, air conditioning, television, computer, mobile phone and other appliances out of the picture... |
| Most States Will Lose Money Expanding Medicaid Forty of the 50 states are projected to see increases in Medicaid costs due to Medicaid expansion... |
| Affordable Care Act Application Long and Cumbersome With more than 60 pages in just a description of the insurance application, the dream of the Affordable Care Act bringing simplicity to health care is far from accomplished... |
| Colleges Offer Deals to Lure New Students Spring Arbor University in Michigan agreed in February to pick up a portion of tuition costs for students working 30 hours per week and making less than $37,000 following graduation... |
| Case for Universal Preschool Lacks Compelling Evidence Oklahoma went from being 24th in the country in graduation rates in 1998 when it implemented universal preschool to 25th in the country in 2012; Georgia from 46th in 1995 to 45th in 2012... |
| No Bank Is Too Big to Fail By the time the housing bubble burst, failure of large banks was not considered a plausible option given the perceived systemic risks... |
| Requests for Information Rise as Transparency Declines Researchers have discovered a 28 percent increase in the number of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits from President Bush's last two years in office to the last two years of President Obama's first term... |
| Ryan Unveils His Balanced Budget Plan House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's new budget plan would cut government spending by $4.6 trillion in 10 years... |
| Difference in What Medicare Spends on Cancer Care May Not Affect Survival Rates Variation in spending without a noticeable improvement in cancer survival rates calls into question the value of the care that Medicare patients are getting... |
