Away with provider taxes

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May 27, 2025

Away with provider taxes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published a rule targeting “provider taxes,” a financing gimmick states use to harvest extra Medicaid dollars from the federal government. Good on the Trump administration. Over the last decade and a half, states have exploited provider taxes and other financing loopholes to push more and more of […]

Do microplastics fuel our mental health crisis?

Despite the comforts of modern life, we are facing a mental health crisis. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 1 in 5 adults live with a mental disorder. Young adults aged 18-25 have the highest rate of mental illness (36%), and those with serious mental illness experience functional impairment and interference with […]

Ending the electric vehicle mandate

Oftentimes in Washington, promises go unkept, and priorities fall to the wayside as politics take over. I’m proud to have worked in tandem with my colleagues and President Donald Trump to make good on a promise I made. On May 22, Congress struck down a key aspect of the Biden administration’s nationwide electric vehicle mandate […]

Higher education needs a new vision of leadership

The climate on college campuses since the terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7th has caught the attention of the powerbrokers in Washington, most notably, President Donald Trump. The Trump administration has formed a task force to root out antisemitism on campuses across the country, and numerous other federal offices and interest groups — such […]

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