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Virtual Health in a Post–COVID World: Optimizing Regulation, Reimbursement, and Regularity
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Robert Graboyes ,
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Darcy N. Bryan, MD and
Lyle Berkowitz
March 8, 2022
 
The COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant social distancing spurred a sharp increase in the use of “virtual health” across the United States. This has made it possible for Americans to access healthcare at any time and from almost anywhere in the country. In “Virtual Health in a Post–COVID World,” Robert Graboyes, Darcy N. Bryan, and Lyle Berkowitz examine how such levels of availability can be made permanent.
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Worth the Pain: The Costs and Benefits of a Strict Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
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Christine McDaniel and
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Weifeng Zhong
March 10, 2022
 
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agencies to prevent the importation of products made with forced labor in China. The implementation of this law is not straightforward because goods are produced in complex supply chains that extend across multiple countries. The complexity of supply chains increases the difficulty in determining the origin of all parts of an imported product and excluding products with parts of relatively small value (e.g., the cotton threads used in sewing polyester or the leather upholstery used in automobiles) if they are made with forced labor. CBP will have to weigh the economic costs of demanding strict compliance against the moral costs of implementing the law leniently.
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One Giant Leap for Evidence-Based Policy in Kansas
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James Broughel
March 9, 2022
 
The purpose of periodic review is simple: determine whether regulations are achieving their objectives. Periodic review also creates a process during which rules can be fine-tuned as circumstances change. A periodic review process can take several forms, but perhaps the most common is to establish a set timeframe according to which regulations under an agency’s authority must be reviewed. That is the process envisioned by Sub SB34.
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Maryland Should Consider Creating a Regulatory Sandbox
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Brian Knight
March 9, 2022
 
Regulatory sandboxes were developed to achieve several important goals, including encouraging innovation, competition, and entry in highly regulated industries; providing regulators with greater insight and transparency into cutting-edge products and services; and furthering consumer protection by both helping innovators design their products to be compliant with the law and encouraging the introduction of products and services that will better serve consumer needs.
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Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Maryland
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Emily Hamilton
March 8, 2022
 
Land use regulations limit property owners’ right to build housing. When increasing demand for housing meets a market where zoning rules constrain housing supply—as in high-cost regions in Maryland— the result is that a limited supply of homes becomes more expensive, and low-income families are forced to look elsewhere. This outcome harms the state’s most vulnerable residents and undermines the state’s continuing role as a center of economic opportunity.
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Considerations for the ATS Proposal
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Andrew N. Vollmer
March 11, 2022
 
The Proposal would add many regulatory obligations to the operation of the trading markets for fixed-income securities, particularly the markets for US government securities. The SEC should reconsider each of the specific proposals and adopt only those that are within its statutory authority, that address serious social harms that can be meaningfully reduced by further regulation, and that will produce benefits that exceed costs.
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