by Eric Lotke | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog
At his Brookings speech today the president outlined his economic plan. It has all the right pieces and it points in the right direction. But something is missing. Start with the good news. The President understands how bad the situation is. The greatest crisis since...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog
Imagine that you're choosing between two health insurance plans. One has a $15 co-pay for doctor visits and says it covers hospital charges up to 80 percent of "reasonable and customary" charges. The second has a $20 co-pay and covers only 75 percent of "reasonable...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog
Ernst & Young has a report, "Renewable energy country attractiveness indices", that tries to measure how "attractive" different countries are for investment in renewable energy projects. According to the report, The Ernst & Young country attractiveness indices provide...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog
A quartet of union leaders was joined on a press conference call today by Rep. Gerald Connolly of Virginia, to present new data which demonstrates that Federal workers covered by FEHBP would-be hard hit by the Senate's proposed excise tax on higher-cost health benefit...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog
Liberal/Democratic Washington policy thinkers appear close to reaching the consensus view that the Senate's excise tax on higher-cost health plans is a good idea. Here's the problem: The consensus is wrong. The so-called (and misnamed) "Cadillac tax" is unfair and...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog
Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, doesn't think it is a good idea to audit the Fed. Speaking Monday he said, ... the Fed chairman also took a moment to repeat his objections to a bill in the House to audit the Fed. Much as he said during his confirmation...
