Daily Policy Digest for January 2, 2013

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January 2, 2013 The Wind Production Tax Credit: Corporate Welfare at Its Worst The Production Tax Credit designed to promote wind power distorts price signals in the wholesale electricity market by giving wind producers an incentive to sell electricity at a loss to earn enormous tax subsidies... NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH Hospital Systems Branch Out as Insurers A 2011 survey of 100 hospital leaders by health research firm Advisory Board Co. found that 20 percent of them intended to market an insurance plan... WALL STREET JOURNAL Gloomy Voters say Country on Wrong Track, Kids Will Be Poorer Only 34 percent of people polled feel they will be better off at the end of President Obama's second term than they are right now... THE HILL After-Hours Access to Primary Care Practices Linked to Better Care People that reported less difficulty in reaching a physician after hours had fewer emergency department visits and there were lower rates of unmet medical needs... HEALTH AFFAIRS Why Raising Medicare's Retirement Age Will Help Achieve Universal Coverage Freeing up resources that would otherwise have been spent on wealthy retirees' Medicare would mean that lower-income Americans are better able to get coverage... FORBES NCPA Blogs John Goodman's Health Policy Blog The premier right-of-center health policy blog on the Internet. Bob McTeer's Economic Policy Blog Expert insights into economic growth and monetary policy. Retirement and Taxes: Reforms that Make "Cents" Retirement reforms based on common sense. Energy and Environment: Clearing the Air Expert analysis on energy and environment issues. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Flickr This email was sent by: NCPA 12770 Coit Road, Suite 800, Dallas TX 75251-1339 Call us at 972.386.6272 We respect your right to privacy - view our policy. Support our work with your donation of $25 or more.

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