Congress considers a game-changer for employer health plans

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June 23, 2025

Congress considers a game-changer for employer health plans

Business leaders and policymakers have been sounding the alarm for years: The employer-sponsored health insurance model is unsustainable. But with the cost of group health insurance premiums up 25% in five years, a fix may be in the works. Introduced during the first Trump administration, individual coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements continued to receive federal support through the […]

Congress should end federal tax subsidies for foreign tobacco

A smart tax system tries to reward virtue and punish vice. That’s why we impose an excise on purchases of things such as cigarettes. We want to discourage people from smoking, and there’s a broad bipartisan consensus that reasonable tobacco taxes make sense to raise revenue and as a public health measure to discourage smoking. […]

Trump did the right thing in Iran

President Donald Trump did precisely the right thing for America by coming to Israel’s assistance and striking Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran, through its terrorist proxy Hamas, began a war against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, but its nuclear threat began over three decades ago, posing a risk not just to Israel but to the United States […]

From dresses to camo, the New York Times comes for ‘conservative’ fashion

According to the New York Times, fashion is political. Last month, a reader asked whether or not she could “wear a sheath dress without looking like a MAGA woman?” The answer, of course, is that you can, especially if you have a mom pouch or an hourglass shape. They look great, not just on the […]

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