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October 29, 2020 Expanding Access to More Affordable Individual Market Options

What’s the problem? The Affordable Care Act is not perfect, which is why we must continue our work to address…

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October 29, 2020 Saving Medicare by building on Medicare Advantage’s success

What’s the problem? The current Medicare program has very serious financing challenges. The part of Medicare that pays for care…

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October 29, 2020 Lowering Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs for Seniors

What’s the problem? The current Medicare fee-for-service program was enacted in 1965. Arguably, its greatest modernization came when President George…

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October 26, 2020 Former Fed Gov: The Trump Boom Is Real

Lawrence B. Lindsey, a former Federal Reserve governor and presidential economic advisor, wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street…

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October 23, 2020 ICYMI: Sec. Azar: Why Operation Warp Speed is a Made-in-America story

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar laid out in an op-ed for Fox Business how Operation Warp Speed (OWS)…

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October 23, 2020 IRS Audit Rates Increase Substantially as Income Rises

On Tuesday, October 20, IRS Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement Sunita Lough shared a blogpost showing that, despite misleading…

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October 23, 2020 This Week in Economic News: October 19 – October 23, 2020

Business Formation Statistics ICYMI: A Rebirth of Entrepreneurialism Over 500,000 new high propensity business applications were made during the third…

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October 22, 2020 Building on Ways and Means GOP Efforts, HHS Works to Improve Maternal Health

Key Points:  -The U.S. Surgeon General issued a challenge to providers to help fight our nation’s rising maternal mortality rate….

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October 20, 2020 Washington Examiner: Biden tax hikes would undercut his ‘Made in America’ plan, economists warn

Key Points:  Economists are predicting that former Vice President Joe Biden’s economic agenda would not lead to job growth due…

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October 16, 2020 This Week in Economic News: October 12 – October 16, 2020

Unemployment Rate ICYMI: Pandemic-era Labor Market Perpetually Beat CBO’s Expectations (And New Research Suggests A Rapid Recovery Is Here to…

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