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Monday
January 9th,
2012Analysts Expect HOS Lawsuits; 11th Hour, Restart Fuel Conflict
At least some trucking industry analysts said they expect the latest version of the hours-of-service rule to land back in federal court because the rule seems to satisfy no one.
“I think the industry’s going to challenge it, and I think there’s a good chance that the public interest groups are going to challenge it,” said Michael Livermore, executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity in the New York University School of Law.
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Wednesday
November 9th,
2011Balanced Justice: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Criminal Justice Policy
The NYU study represents a smart new way of looking at an old problem; an economic evaluation that strips away some of the emotion (and demagogeury) that surrounds any discussion of crime and justice. It’s easier to be “tough on crime” when you can pay the price, right? But now we can’t. And the collective poverty within our criminal justice systems isn’t going to ease on its own. So bring in the economists! And let the stale, old law-and-order crowd step aside.
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Thursday
October 20th,
2011Can Criminal Justice Be Quantified?
There’s an interesting study out from the NYU School of Law which buttresses the argument that America would save a ton of money down the road, and make life easier for many of its citizens, if lawmakers today were able to muster up the moxie to remodel criminal justice systems. It’s a concept that requires political foresight and a patient public, which means most politicians and their constituents will blindly reject it, but I hope serious people everywhere take a long look at this.
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Wednesday
October 19th,
2011Crunching the numbers on criminal justice
A new report out today from NYU’s Institute for Policy Integrity encourages policymakers to apply an economic analysis to criminal justice policy. And such an analysis, the report says, would reach this conclusion: “Public safety can be prioritized and even improved at a lower cost than traditional incarceration, using techniques like behavioral therapy for young offenders, intensive supervision, or a new iteration of a drug court. “
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Thursday
July 7th,
2011Clearing Up Health Care Choices
Anyone who’s shopped for health insurance knows what a headache the process can be. The disorienting maze of features, benefits, and coverage options can leave consumers under-protected even when they’ve overpaid.
The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is trying to create a clearer, better menu for policy holders to order from. Their idea is “Transparency Reporting,” a move aimed at streamlining the health insurance purchasing process by asking companies to summarize their policies in easier-to-understand ways.
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Wednesday
June 22nd,
2011Mortgage Counseling: HUD Should Do More Than “Incorporate by Reference”
According to some, the housing bubble came crashing down in the fall of 2008 partially due to the predatory lending practices of mortgage banks. Part of the problem may have been consumer confusion when it came to the fine print of complex financing arrangements. Unknowingly, homebuyers might have signed on for more than they could manage — a situation that consumer education could have ameliorated.
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Thursday
August 26th,
2010Prison Rape: Eric Holder’s Unfinished Business
Even more concerning is that Mr. Holder has commissioned no study of the benefits of reducing prisoner rape; nor, apparently, does he plan to. Yet as a brief submitted to the Department of Justice by New York University Law School’s Institute for Policy Integrity makes clear, “substantial additional costs” can only be understood in relation to the standards’ projected benefits.
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Monday
November 24th,
2008November 20 Deadline Passes: When Will HHS Release Provider Conscience Regs?
Were you holding your breath until November 20, too? Well, the big day came and went – and no word from the Department of Health and Human Service on their new, expanded ‘provider conscience’ regulations. Advocates widely speculated that the new rule – which has been denounced by women’s health groups.
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Monday
October 27th,
2008Bolten’s Memo on Midnight Regs? Ignore it.
Richard Revesz, Dean of NYU’s School of Law, and Michael Livermore, Director of the Institute for Policy Integrity sent a letter to OMB Director Jim Nussle in early September, expressing concern that OMB was not asserting “appropriate controls over the regulatory process,” and giving three examples of proposed rules that appeared to violate the Bolten memo. One of the three mentioned is the infamous rule proposed by the Department of Labor on occupational health risk assessment.
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Thursday
October 23rd,
2008Bush Administration: We Can So Promulgate New HHS Regulations!
10.23.08 : Coverage of IPIs response from OIRA on Bush Administration’s midnight regulations.
“There are many reasons to oppose the new Health and Human Services regulations that would expand provider conscience protections. The new regulations would enable providers not only to refuse to supply but refuse to refer patients for procedures or services the providers opposed, including contraception, abortion, and sexual health care services.”
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