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Cato Institute Files Amicus Brief in Sibelius v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court Case

"These cases will determine whether individuals who wish to conduct their lives in accordance with their religious beliefs forfeit the right to do so when they engage in business activities, particularly through the corporate form. Cato has submitted a brief supporting Hobby Lobby and Conestoga. We argue that individuals should be able to order their professional lives according to their religious beliefs, that engaging in business doesn't demand the surrender of religious freedom, and that there's nothing inherent in the corporate form that requires denying the owners of a corporation the right to direct their business in a manner that comports with their religion."

Libertarian Cato Institute Opposes Ban on Drug Reimportation

Excerpt: The libertarian Cato Institute, in direct conflict with its allies in the Bush administration, will argue in a report to be released today that Congress ought to lift the ban on prescription drug imports and let the global marketplace sort out imbalances that leave Americans paying the highest prices in the world.

Cato Institute Study Calls for Privately Invested Accounts in Lieu of Traditional Social Security

"Instead of saving Social Security, we should begin the transition to a new and better retirement system based on individually owned, privately invested accounts."

Text of Amicus Brief of Texas Public Policy Foundation and Cato Institute, Arguing Against Severability in Constitutional Challenge to Mandated Health Insurance Coverage (PDF)

"Various provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act impede state sovereignty and individual liberty, limiting states' ability to chart their own course on matters relating to health care. Holding the entire Act unconstitutional would thus vindicate Amici Curiae's missions."

Cato Institute Scholars Have Been Writing About Need for Entitlement Reform for Almost Three Decades

Excerpt: Robert J. Samuelson challenges think tanks to come up with solutions to the 'huge budget costs of aging baby boomers.' We thought you'd never ask.

Statement of Cato Institute at Hearing on Privacy Concerns About Genetic Information

Sept. 12, 2002; Tom Miller, Director of Health Policy Studies. Excerpt: [T]here is little, if any, evidence that health insurers are using or likely to use presymptomatic genetic information in their medical underwriting. Evidence that employers try to obtain, let alone use, such information generally is limited to isolated anecdotes.

Kerry Mum on Social Security Reform

Press release. Excerpt: The Democratic Party platform approved during this week's national convention opposes Social Security 'privatization' or any reduction in Social Security benefits, but says nothing about how the party would deal with the program's looming financial crisis, according to Michael Tanner, director of the Cato Institute's Project on Social Security Choice ...

Essay: Is More Medicine Better?

Excerpt: In this month's Cato Unbound, the iconoclastic George Mason economist Robin Hanson leads off with an essay that argues that 'our main problem in health policy is a huge overemphasis on medicine.' [Three of America's health policy experts step up to respond to Hanson's theme: David Cutler, Dana Goldman, and Alan Garber.]

Issue Brief: How to Reduce the Cost of Federal Pension Insurance

Cato Policy Analysis by Richard A. Ippolito. A former Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) economist presents a plan to improve the underfunded status of the agency.

Hearing: Proposals to Achieve Sustainable Solvency, with & without Personal Accounts, April 26, 2005

Links to Member Statements: Charles Grassley, IA, and Witness Statements: Mr. Robert Pozen, Chairman, MFS Investment Management; Mr. Michael Tanner, Director, Project on Social Security Choice, Cato Institute; Mr. Peter Ferrara, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Innovation; Mr. Peter R. Orszag, Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution; and, Ms. Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security, National Women's Law Center.