The Painful Prescription, an analysis of the British National Health Service (NHS) by Henry Aaron and Bill Schwartz, show how rationing within a health care system can lead to shortages, says John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Although British politicians for years described the NHS as
France’s new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will have a tall task in making reforms to improve the country’s lacklustre economic performance, says the Washington Times.
Consider:
France’s per capita gross domestic product declined from 7th in the world to 17th, and the unemployment rate hasn’t fallen below 8 per cent in the
Americas over-65 population will nearly triple between 1980 and 2030 as a result of the aging Baby Boomers (babies born after 1945 wars end), adding new demands and challenges on an already stressed-out health system, according to a new report released today by First Consulting Group.
The first Boomers will turn
A move by the German government to attract investments through tax changes could backfire and trigger a large withdrawal of funds from the country by removing a tax break on long-term holdings, according to a German fund manager.
Under the new regulation, expected to begin in 2009:
The corporate tax will
Few ideas in education are more controversial than school vouchers. But those opposed to the idea are now succumbing to the sheer weight of the evidence. Voucher schemes are running in several different countries without ill effects for social cohesion and proving that recipients get a better education than those
