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 But Len Nichols, a health-care economist at the New America Foundation, a centrist think tank, says that a mother with two children, earning three times the ... and more »

"Rising health-care costs are undermining the ability of U.S. firms to compete and threatening good American jobs," said Len Nichols, director of the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation. "Therefore, we must reform our health system not in spite of our current economic crisis, but rather precisely because of the impact health care has on American workers and businesses." LINK

Cleveland Plain Dealer | Washington Group Ranks NCAA Teams by Players' Graduation Rates

Forget wins and losses. Disregard the strength of schedule. Pay no attention to margins of victory.

Call it March madness, but what if the teams in this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament were ranked by diplomas rather than dunks?

That's a rite the Washington, D.C.-based New America Foundation celebrates each spring. Earlier this week, the nonprofit public policy institute released its own tournament bracket that has to do… more

What do Ted Kennedy and President Bush have in common? Both are making the multibillion-dollar student loan industry incredibly nervous. Both want to slice the taxpayer subsidies the industry enjoys - subsidies that make student loans "the second most profitable business for banks, after credit cards," says Kennedy. Both say students will benefit. While Kennedy and Bush come at it from different angles, their simultaneous attacks on the student loan industry are… more