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Expanding Unemployment Insurance Benefits - All Pain for no Gain
Spending Watch | April 22, 2024 | Wayne Winegarden

SB 1434, a proposal to increase unemployment insurance benefits, will discourage employment growth. Of particular concern, the disincentive to hire workers is greatest when the economy is weakest – precisely when job growth is most important.

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Biosimilars could save the healthcare system billions
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes | April 23, 2024

Cost Plus Drug Company CEO Mark Cuban ([link removed]) recently pointed out ([link removed]) that self-insured businesses could save over $70,000 per employee annually by getting their workers to switch from AbbVie’s blockbuster anti-inflammatory treatment Humira ([link removed]) to a lower-cost biosimilar called Yusimry ([link removed]) .

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Proposed Oil Mergers Will Improve Competition
Forbes | Wayne Winegarden | April 22, 2024

Under Chairperson Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has consistently used speculative consumer harms to justify regulatory actions. Unfortunately, these actions often stop mergers that would have improved ([link removed]) consumer wellbeing and promoted greater innovation. Making these regulatory actions worse, the agency has too often used dubious justifications and novel theories, even overrul ([link removed]) ing their own procedures to facilitate this harmful regulatory overreach.

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