We just completed a survey which extensively examined the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective of the owners and C-level executives of franchise and non-franchise businesses which employ between 40 and 500 people. Dun and Bradstreet tells us that of the more than 19 million businesses in America, only about 600,000 franchise and non-franchised […]
read moreWell, I used the wrong word. In writing about this month’s earlier NBC/WSJ survey, I said “this type of data creates ripples that will take a long time to resolve …” Ripples? Wow, was that too careful! The correct word is “shockwave.” October has witnessed a substantial rewriting of a generation of NBC/WSJ data. Here […]
read moreThis slide deck tries to put the government shutdown in perspective, starting with the lack of support for totally eliminating federal funding for the new health care law if it meant shutting down the federal government, and including our thoughts about why the shutdown happened, the initial consequences, and the road ahead. The report ends […]
read moreIn 2011, we took a close look at the consequences of the contentious debt ceiling negotiations. As we approach the debt ceiling again, we thought it would be worth re-examining what we said two years ago on the topic. Please see this PDF document for more information.
read moreOur recent work for the NBC/WSJ Poll has yielded some interesting findings on the topic of health care/the Affordable Care Act. Here are some quick thoughts about what struck me about this data: As it has been for years, attitudes about the new health care law are remarkably stable. And, as it has been for […]
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