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Week beginning June 30, 2008

Goodman to Debate Health Care Reform on Capitol Hill

At a Capitol Hill briefing on July 9^th sponsored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), NCPA President John C. Goodman will debate Len Nichols of the New America Foundation about different approaches to health care reform.  Rep. Ryan is the lead Republican on the House Budget Committee.

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There is a direct connection between the frenzy about global warming and four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline, according to John Coleman, a weathercaster at KUSI-TV in San Diego and cofounder of the Weather Channel.  Read more on Coleman's comments in the NCPA E-Team's latest newsletter, Clearing the Air.

NCPA Scholars and Research in the News

• The NCPA's environment work was mentioned in an editorial in The Washington Times on June 28, which argued that many government policies requiring the use of green technologies are economically costly. Read "Too costly to go green."

• On June 22, NCPA Policy Analyst Pamela Villarreal told the Bristol Herald Courier that a weak dollar is a contributing factor to high oil prices.  She also told the Courier that the "informal" economy (flea markets, Ebay sales, etc.) in the United States is estimated to be about 10 percent of Gross Domestic Product.

• NCPA E-Team Adjunct Scholar David Deming's commentary appeared in The Washington Times on June 29, arguing that emotion, not science, is ruling our energy policy and limiting our energy choices. Read "Getting sensible on energy."

• NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett discussed the high costs of Congress's opposed climate bills on the "What's Up Radio Show" with Terry Lowry on KKHT (Houston), which will air as four 15-minute segments June 30-July 3.
• Burnett believes that, though there are many good books on global warming, The Deniers is among the most effective in showing how science is being fundamentally undermined in the current politicized atmosphere of climate research. Read Burnett's review of the book "A Must-Read Book on Global Warming."
• The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have each released new reports showing global warming legislation would inflict serious economic punishment on American consumers. Burnett states that the economic consequences of carbon dioxide caps would be even worse than CBO and EPA predict, and the legislation would do nothing to prevent global warming. Read Burnett's latest commentary "EPA, CBO Document the High Costs of Proposed Global Warming Legislation."
• Failure of a Senate bill designed to tax the profits of the largest domestic oil producers and curb speculation in the oil futures market is a windfall for consumers and the economy, according to Burnett. He also notes that a windfall profits tax would put U.S. oil and gas companies at a competitive disadvantage in the global energy marketplace. Read more of Burnett's comments in "Senate Tax Bill's Defeat is Windfall For Consumers, Economy."

• On June 16, NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick told The Wall Street Journal Health Care Blog that consumers should be the ones to decide whether they seek care in a traditional physician's office or a retail clinic.
• On June 18, Herrick told Health Business Daily that some of the problems residents of Massachusetts are experiencing are characteristic of what we can expect across the country if public coverage is expanded.

Consumer Driven Health Care Website

The NCPA's consumer driven health care website provides the latest, most comprehensive information and research about consumer directed health reforms.  The site also features the weekly Health Policy Digest and the recently-launched SPN Medicaid Exchange, a joint project of the NCPA and the State Policy Network, and John Goodman's Health Care Blog.  Visitors can also add comments to blog postings.  Visit the NCPA's CDHC website.

Taxes and Growth Website

The NCPA's taxes and growth website provides the latest, most comprehensive information and research about free-market tax, economic and monetary policy. We present materials from the NCPA library, respected journals, news outlets and other research institutes.  The site is also the NCPA's online home of Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer and features the Bob McTeer Blog.  Visit the NCPA's Taxes and Growth website.