NPRI studies and books present significant findings on tax policy, health care policy, educational policy and other public policy issues. If you haven't seen the studies, need more copies or want to send copies to opinion leaders or others these studies are available for a small fee. Here are some from which you can choose.
Nevada Medicaid:
Constructive Reform of the State System. Outlines
reforms of the Medicaid system at the state level that could
potentially save Nevada $315.2 million dollars over the next
seven years. With this savings, NPRI disproves the notion that
the Congressional block-grant proposal will translate into a
reduction of benefits for those on or coming into the Medicaid
system.
Nevada Education: Laying the
Groundwork. This study outlines three major
problem areas — the economics, politics and accountability
of education in Nevada. The author recommends reforms that would
improve the level of education in Nevada.
Term Limits Outlook. Rethinking
Article V: Term Limits and the Seventeenth and
Nineteenth Amendments. This study places term limits in a
historical perspective by tracing the campaigns that brought
about the adoption of the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Amendments.
The Instruction Gap.
A 10 year economic study of how education dollars have been
spent. The study shows a major priority shift from instruction to
administration, teacher's benefits and loan interest payments
creating an education gap of over $80,000,000 since 1982.
Who Pays? The Burden of
Environmental Cleanup and Pollution Control. This
Study unveils the exact source of funding for environmental
cleanup. It uncovers the inequities in both the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
and the Superfund which have led to billions in litigation
expenses.
Health Care: History , Hype and
Help. This study includes the
findings that NPRI obtained during its Statewide Health Care
Summit held in May of 1994. Several conclusions were reached,
chief among them the incorporation of Medical Savings Accounts
(MSA's) in both state and federal reform.
Newlands Reclamation Project Water
Rights, a Private Property Issue. This study
examines Nevada's current water wars from the perspective of
private property rights.
Hardrock Mining. John
Dobra, Ph.D., Director of the Natural Resource Industry Institute
and Senior Research Fellow for NPRI, delivered testimony to the
U.S. Congress on the proposed 8% royalty on mining. Dobra
testified on the effects of mining royalties on jobs,
profitability and their impact on resources.
Congressional Testimony on U.S.
Mining act of 1872. John Dobra, Ph.D., delivered
testimony before the House Committee on Natural Resources
regarding President Clinton's proposed 12.5% royalty on hardrock
mining. This legislation would significantly alter the U.S.
Mining act of 1872 - a statute which has historically encouraged
prospecting, development and extraction of minerals in the public
domain for more than 120 years.
Public Education and the First
Amendment: A Policy Analysis. Explains why New
Age practices are religious, illustrates various instruction
methods currently employed and sites examples of New Age teaching
in Nevada.
Mapping the Maze of SIIS.
Analyzes the seven government agencies which contribute to
inefficient claims management and benefit delivery, diffuse and
overlapping control, waste, and operational inefficiency.
Nevada's Fiscal Crisis: Where Did
all the Money Go? This study
looks at Nevada's current budgetary crisis, with its revenue
shortfall. It has heightened interest in the state's finances and
turned up the intensity of the usual criticisms of taxing and
spending in Nevada.
Nevada's Health.
This study outlines the evolution of health care in America and
proposes several suggestions for restructuring Nevada's present
health care situation.
Designing A Public School Choice
Program that Can Pay For Itself. This study is a
proposal for an educational choice program that would allow
parents to choose among public and private schools with the aid
of a state scholarship.
What's New in Nevada Schools A Case
Study: Jacobson Elementary School. This study
looks at a Nevada school that sought solutions to the problems of
"at risk" students, decisions and their ultimate impact
on mainstream society. This is Nevada's first experience with
site-based management and school autonomy.
What Everyone Should Know About
Economics and Prosperity. Analyzes
the major sources of economic progress - private property rights,
free trade, and low taxes - stressing that government must remain
limited and allow markets to work.
Hidden Politics:
"Progressive" Non Profits Target The States.
Examines the latest political strategy of special
interest activist groups. Claiming to represent the concerns of
nonprofit charities, advocacy groups have developed a detailed
plan to organize and fund special interests at taxpayer expense.
Gridlock in Government: How to End
the Stagnation of America. Term limits would
reduce the incumbent politicians' career interest in aggrandizing
government and themselves. An in depth study of government waste
and political perks fostered by lifelong political careers.
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