Health Care Costs Can Make You Sick in Retirement

It’s not your father’s retirement, thanks to health care costs. Once they retire, workers today are less likely than their parents or grandparents to enjoy the standard of living that they did while they worked. What’s going to spoil the party Continue reading

Will Increased Competition in Health Care Exchanges Actually Raise Costs?

< class="photo full"> < class="photoCredit"> AP Photo/Alex Brandon < class="caption"> Accompanied by health care professionals, President Barack Obama speaks about health care, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The Political Landscapeis a weekly conversation with National Journal writers, editors, and outside experts on the news of the day. Continue reading

NASA must reinvest in nanotechnology research, according to new Rice University paper

Matthews, Evans, Moloney and Carey: Nanotechnology will be critical to future missions HOUSTON – (Oct. 16, 2012) – The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes — especially in nanotechnology — a renewed and urgent priority, according to a new paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Continue reading

Report: Canadian Health Care System "Unsustainable" As Is

CALGARY, Oct. 17, 2012 /CNW/ – In a report released today by The School of Public Policy, authors Herb Emery, David Still and Tom Cottrell show that even with modest increases in health spending due to population aging, Canadian Medicare under the current pay-as-you-go funding model for Canadian is unsustainable. This model sees government allocate current tax revenues to cover current health costs, with nothing put aside for projected rising health-care costs arising from the aging baby boom generation. Continue reading

Candidates Look to Super Tuesday

Tomorrow is “Super Tuesday” in what has to rank as one of the most unpredictable Republican nomination battles. Over the course of the campaign, the lead (at least in polls) has been held by Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney Continue reading