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Now You Should Be Really Fiscally Afraid in California
By: Steven Greenhut
1.16.2010

After reading a recent article I wrote about growing unfunded liabilities for public employee pensions and health care, a reader told me that it made him want to “burn his eyes out with red hot pokers.” Yes, the current situation – expanding debt, growing government, excessive pay and special privileges for government workers, thanks to union power – is not fun to read about. It can be downright scary, when one considers the financial mess that already is looming.


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CBO Underestimates Benefits of Malpractice Reform
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
10.21.2009

Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said medical-liability reforms could save about $11 billion annually. This assessment is a gross underestimate of the potential benefits of reform and was intended to give cover to congressional Democrats who say malpractice-liability costs are trifling. But a full accounting shows the benefits would be a hefty $242 billion a year, more than 10 percent of America’s health expenditures.

Last year alone, damage awards for medical-malpractice claims reached $5.9 billion. Adding in legal costs, underwriting costs, and administrative expenses, total med-mal tort costs were nearly three times higher — $16 billion. From 1986 through 2002, the average insurance payment for a malpractice claim more than tripled to $320,000. The average jury award for medical liability was $637,134 in 2006.


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Pacific Research Institute Releases New Study on Government to Government Lobbying
By: Jason Clemens on 3.10.2010 4:00:00 AM

The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, released a breakthrough study on taxpayer-funded lobbying, or government to government lobbying.
The War Against Free Parking
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 2.17.2010 4:00:00 AM

From San Diego to Susanville, Californians know that a free parking space is hard to find. Such spaces may be even harder to find under SB 518, proposed by state senator Alan Lowenthal.

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Sunshine Week 2010: Sunshine is the Best Disinfectant
By: Jason Clemens on 3.15.2010

KansasWatchdog will mark Sunshine Week with daily articles on government transparency.
No roads to recovery in sight
By: Steven Greenhut on 3.12.2010

With California teetering on insolvency, government union activists and liberal legislators are trying to whip the public into a "please tax us more" frenzy by scaring people about the consequences of spending cuts.

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