Posts Tagged ‘APF Audio’
Broken Promises: Cutting Medicare to Pay for Health Care Reform
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or the recent health care law, was rushed through the political process and touted as deficit neutral legislation. One of the of the ways it was supposed to pay for itself was through cuts in other programs. Devon Herrick from the National Center for Policy...
September 20th, 2010 | Health Care, Recent News | Read More
Audio: The Failed Experiment of Pension Bonding
In 2008, the Alaska Legislature passed House Bill 13, which authorized the selling of bonds (debt) for investment to fill the $10 billion pension gap in PERS/TRS. But Steve Malanga from the Manhattan Institute says pension bonding is an idea that has been attempted in other states with some terrible...
August 31st, 2010 | Fiscal Policy, Recent News | Read More
Audio: Federal Health Care Law would create more paperwork than IRS could handle
Josh McIntyre from Mikunda, Cottrell & Co., Inc. in Anchorage explains the increased 1099 reporting requirements in the federal Health Care law. (4:47)
Federal Health Care Law would increase paperwork and reporting to the IRS - Click here to listen
August 20th, 2010 | Health Care, Recent News | Read More
Audio: The Ideology Behind Federal Health Care Reform
These two audio excerpts are from a presentation on the health care reform law by Burke Balch, director of the Powell Center for Medical Ethics.
To say that the federal health care law is “sweeping” is an understatement, given that the American public has seen nothing like this before in...
July 26th, 2010 | Health Care, Recent News | Read More
Audio: Anchorage School District’s next big spending project
David Boyle from the Alaska Policy Forum asks how the West Romig renewal will affect student achievement. (5:40)
ASD's next big spending project - Click here to listen
June 22nd, 2010 | Education, Recent News | Read More
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The Future of ACES-Alaska’s Oil Tax
January 10, 2012 13:01
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Can the EPA “Take” Property Without Due Process?
January 5, 2012 18:01
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Taxpayers Paid $129,100,798 for “Official” Union Activities in 2009
December 27, 2011 15:12
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- Perseverance Theatre offers modern Alaska classicLast winter, readers returning from trips to Juneau raved about a new play they had seen at Perseverance Theatre, "The Blue Bear." “THE BLUE BEAR” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday through Feb. […]
- Oil Patch Bits: Doyon Emerald wins top honors in communicationsDoyon Emerald, a full-service engineering and consulting firm, said Jan. 27 that it was recognized for its marketing communications efforts by the Public Relations Society of America, PRSA, Alaska Chapter at their annual Aurora Awards Banquet held on Jan. […]
