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Entries for 'NCPA'
Sunday, May 5, 2013 |
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Campaign Finance Regulations Fail to Curb Public Corruption
By NCPA @ 10:30 AM :: 3090 Views :: Ethics
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...the first systematic evaluation of the effects of campaign finance laws....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 |
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Comparing the House, Senate and Obama Budget Plans
By NCPA @ 11:06 AM :: 3867 Views :: National News
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For the first time in four years, the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed their own budget plans....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
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States Could Push Part-Time Employees Into Obamacare Exchanges
By NCPA @ 8:35 AM :: 5088 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way of transferring a large chunk of their health care expenses into the health exchanges....
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Friday, April 26, 2013 |
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The Impact of School Vouchers on College Enrollment
By NCPA @ 8:40 AM :: 4657 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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... African American college-enrollment increased by 24 percent ....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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Will the Number of Uninsured Rise Under ObamaCare?
By NCPA @ 10:42 AM :: 3751 Views :: Health Care
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...the massive law that was enacted to solve the problem of the uninsured in America is more likely to worsen it....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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Reasons to Reject the Law of the Sea Treaty
By NCPA @ 10:35 AM :: 5863 Views :: National News, World News
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LOST is essentially a new world government of the sea that redistributes wealth and seeks to control supply and demand of oceanic resources....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
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Young Adults on Parents' Health Plans Cost More
By NCPA @ 3:34 PM :: 3186 Views :: Health Care
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Under the Affordable Care Act, children up to the age of 26 years can stay on their parents' health insurance plan....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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The Obama Budget's Economic Message
By NCPA @ 2:23 PM :: 2195 Views
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The latest budget does not balance and was released far too late for it to matter....
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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Cost of Health Insurance Exchanges Shoots Up
By NCPA @ 2:22 PM :: 3028 Views :: Health Care
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As installation of the exchanges becomes more complicated, the cost of the exchanges has risen rapidly over the last year....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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States Show Folly of Energy Mandates
By NCPA @ 1:21 PM :: 3261 Views :: Energy
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The increased energy costs produced by renewable mandates are passed along to consumers in the form of higher utility bills....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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Countdown to Climate Change: It's Only 297 Years Away!
By NCPA @ 12:12 PM :: 4600 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Climatologists have suffered numerous blows to their reputation as evidence continues to emerge about data altering and a plethora of half-truths used as propaganda....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Hydraulic Fracturing Could Jumpstart Economy
By NCPA @ 1:09 PM :: 3743 Views :: Energy
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...The reduction in natural gas prices has also led to decreasing electricity prices ....
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Friday, April 5, 2013 |
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Department of Energy Awarding Billions in Energy Subsidies Despite Sequester
By NCPA @ 12:23 PM :: 4607 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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More than $1.2 billion in cash payments has been awarded to renewable energy projects since the beginning of the year....
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Friday, April 5, 2013 |
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Civilian Doctors Wary of Accepting Military's TRICARE
By NCPA @ 11:16 AM :: 4073 Views :: Health Care
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An estimated 620,000 Pentagon health care recipients struggle to find private doctors who will accept them as patients ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
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LOST at Sea: Why America Should Reject the Law of the Sea Treaty
By NCPA @ 10:31 AM :: 5249 Views :: World News
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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, referred to as LOST, is an international treaty governing maritime law....
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 |
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ObamaCare: Drastic Payment Cuts or Ballooning Deficit
By NCPA @ 2:26 PM :: 3545 Views :: Health Care
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If Congress alters the health care law's payment cuts to doctors and hospitals, costs could skyrocket....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 |
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Hawaii Scores ‘F’ on Health Care Price Transparency Laws
By NCPA @ 2:36 PM :: 6108 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Hawaii Does Not Have A Single Health Care Price Transparency Law....
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Monday, March 18, 2013 |
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Affordable Care Act Application Long and Cumbersome
By NCPA @ 3:18 PM :: 3638 Views :: Health Care
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Emerging new details about the application process for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) suggest that applying for benefits will be an onerous and grueling process....
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Friday, March 15, 2013 |
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Reason: Case for Universal Preschool Lacks Compelling Evidence
By NCPA @ 12:59 PM :: 3215 Views :: Education K-12
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Evidence from Oklahoma and Georgia, two states that adopted universal preschool in the 1990s, suggests that Obama's plan to expand preschool would have few meaningful effects....
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
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Medicaid Expansion Is the Wrong Move
By NCPA @ 1:59 PM :: 3483 Views :: Health Care
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By 2021, 46 percent of all Americans will be dependent on the government for their health care....
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
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Many Patients Object to Focusing on Costs
By NCPA @ 3:37 PM :: 3282 Views :: Health Care
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The study shows that many patients believe that medical decisions should not consider financial costs but only consider health....
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
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Green Cars: Not So Clean After All
By NCPA @ 3:32 PM :: 6842 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tax Credits
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...It costs 30,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission to produce an electric car, equal to about 80,000 miles of travel....
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
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Sequester Cuts Highlight Government Inefficiency
By NCPA @ 4:04 PM :: 4063 Views :: National News
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...the public is supposed to believe that public agencies are so inefficient that a 1 percent cut in resources would trigger horrendous consequences but a 1 percent increase in taxes on individuals would be inconsequential....
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
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Medicare Advantage Cuts under ObamaCare Will Affect Low-Income Seniors Most
By NCPA @ 3:44 PM :: 4815 Views :: Health Care
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Low-income seniors will see an estimated 7 percent to 8 percent reduction in their Medicare Advantage benefits in 2014....
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Monday, March 11, 2013 |
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Fracking Could Reduce Budget Deficit
By NCPA @ 4:34 PM :: 4885 Views :: Energy, Economy
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America is set to become a net natural gas exporter by 2020 and virtually self-sufficient in energy by 2035....
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Friday, March 8, 2013 |
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ObamaCare Insurance Plans Will Be Bare Bones – And Expensive
By NCPA @ 2:26 PM :: 3629 Views :: Health Care
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In the 1990s, insurance schemes pushed managed care and restricted networks. Some evidence suggests that insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will be equally restrictive and paltry....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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How Liberals Live
By NCPA @ 1:20 PM :: 7585 Views :: Democratic Party, Land Use, Cost of Living
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The Democratic Party has two reliable groups of adherents: the rich and the poor...Both groups have little use for the middle class....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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Mismanaged Federal Properties Cost Taxpayers Billions
By NCPA @ 1:13 PM :: 5369 Views :: National News, Land Use
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Across the country, more than 75,000 buildings sit vacant or underutilized....
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
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Politico: Is President Obama Telling the Truth about Sequestration?
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 9053 Views :: National News, Taxes, Obama
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... agencies cannot give a clear answer on how they arrived at their numbers. Congressional appropriations committee aides say they cannot fact check the administration's estimates ....
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Monday, February 25, 2013 |
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Exchanges and The Future of Free Market Health Care
By NCPA @ 1:35 PM :: 4118 Views :: Health Care
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There is a way to use health insurance exchanges to both reform our health care entitlements and reduce premiums for those with private insurance. This transition could take four steps....
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Monday, February 25, 2013 |
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NYT: Digital Shift Swells Profits for Electronic Medical Record Industry
By NCPA @ 1:33 PM :: 3994 Views :: Health Care
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...the largest digital records companies like Allscripts, Cerner and Epic Systems have generated enormous profits and Wall Street-style executive pay because of the legislation they supported financially....
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Friday, February 22, 2013 |
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Regulations Slow Beneficial Natural Gas Exports
By NCPA @ 1:53 PM :: 3812 Views :: Energy
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Despite a surplus of LNG, the Department of Energy (DOE) is delaying the authorization of export licenses....
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Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
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Federal Government Releases List of Health Benefits Insurers Must Offer
By NCPA @ 12:57 PM :: 4049 Views :: Health Care
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The Obama administration issued its long-awaited final rule on essential health benefits that insurers must offer consumers in the individual and small-group market beginning in 2014....
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
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Hospitals Chase Medicare Performance-Based Bonuses
By NCPA @ 2:33 PM :: 5117 Views :: Health Care
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$964 million in fiscal year 2013 will be withheld from more than 3,000 hospitals....
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
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Balance of Trade Best in Years -- Fracking Cuts US Oil, Gas Imports
By NCPA @ 2:34 PM :: 5108 Views :: Energy, Economy
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The electricity that is produced from natural gas is 43 percent the cost of solar power, 68 percent the cost of wind power and 57 percent the cost of biomass....
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Monday, February 18, 2013 |
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Health Insurance Exchanges Create State Problems
By NCPA @ 2:41 PM :: 4964 Views :: Health Care
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The exchanges create the appearance of private-sector delivery but instead create politically favored monopolies....
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
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What’s Wrong with Pay for Performance?
By NCPA @ 2:49 PM :: 7387 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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Medicare will begin adjusting payments to physicians based on “the value of the care provided” in 2015....
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
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Sin Taxes: A Questionable Source of Revenue
By NCPA @ 2:36 PM :: 4738 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...lobbyists are relied upon heavily to vie for the interests of the higher-income consumers and producers, leaving the burden of the new tax to lower income consumers who cannot afford representation....
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
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MSN: Solar Energy: Dirtier Than We Think
By NCPA @ 2:30 PM :: 4097 Views :: Energy
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More than 46 million pounds of waste was generated from solar companies in California between 2007 and mid-2011....
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Monday, February 11, 2013 |
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Defensive Medicine May Be Costlier Than It Seems
By NCPA @ 12:17 PM :: 3602 Views :: Health Care
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...states that have enacted malpractice reforms experienced a mere 2 percent to 5 percent reduction in health care spending compared to states that have not....
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Friday, February 8, 2013 |
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College Need Not Be Expensive
By NCPA @ 12:52 PM :: 4117 Views :: Higher Education
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In light of these trends, some states like Texas, Florida and Wisconsin are considering the $10,000 college degree....
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Friday, February 1, 2013 |
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Some Families to Be Priced out of Health Overhaul
By NCPA @ 12:59 PM :: 4956 Views :: National News, Health Care
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IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped, says the Associated Press....
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
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The Left’s War on, well, Everything! Science, the economy and humans
By NCPA @ 2:56 AM :: 6090 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Economy
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...liberals are increasingly shedding their humanist pretentions and showing (their true) misanthropic nature....
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Friday, January 18, 2013 |
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A Health Scare for Small Businesses
By NCPA @ 2:20 PM :: 6447 Views :: National News, Health Care, Small Business
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Many small-business owners haven't yet realized that the way they structure their firm in 2013 could determine their status under the law in a year's time....
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Friday, January 18, 2013 |
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Public-Private Partnerships Could Keep State Park Gates Open
By NCPA @ 2:16 PM :: 7193 Views :: Environment, National News, Hawaii State Government
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Thousands of developed U.S. Forest Service recreation areas have utilized this PPP model successfully for more than 25 years....
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
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Privitization: Post Office to be Replaced by 'Hybrid Model'
By NCPA @ 12:18 PM :: 6583 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Attention Hawaii: Can this 'hybrid model' be trusted with Vote-by-Mail?
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
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Disease Management Programs Don't Work
By NCPA @ 6:30 PM :: 6484 Views :: National News, Health Care
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According to the data, there were no decreases in emergency admissions or inpatient charges....
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Friday, January 11, 2013 |
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The Anti-GMO Reactionaries
By NCPA @ 12:18 PM :: 4031 Views :: GMOs
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Interest groups often react too quickly to scientific advancement and discovery, creating a negative public perception that inhibits further research and development....
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