Inflation act will fuel higher insurance premiums
 
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
August 4, 2022

The Senate is set to consider the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ massive budget reconciliation legislation.

President Joe Biden has stumped for the bill’s hundreds of billions in tax hikes on corporations as a way to ensure they “pay their fair share.” But many of those dollars will subsidize the purchases of people who hardly need help. In so doing, they’ll distort the market in ways that lead to higher prices for everyone.


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A Birthday Wish For Medicare and Medicaid: Less Waste And Better Care
 
Forbes | Sally Pipes
August 1, 2022

This Saturday, July 30, marked 57 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as part of his “Great Society.”

For almost six decades, the healthcare entitlements have grown increasingly costly and expansive while delivering subpar care to beneficiaries.


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In the wake of Biden's COVID-19 infections, here's what regulators should do to limit Paxlovid rebound
 
Genetic Literacy Project | Henry Miller & Josh Bloom
August 2, 2022

President Biden’s bout with COVID-19 is illustrative of the debate currently raging about “Paxlovid rebound” — the recurrence of symptoms and of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 after a seemingly successful five-day treatment course of Paxlovid. This phenomenon is not unusual, and it suggests that regulators should modify the terms of the drug’s Emergency Use Authorization.


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Don't Look for Inflation Reduction to Come from Capitol Hill
 
Newsmax | Sally Pipes
August 5, 2022

Democrats have christened their reconciliation bill, which is slated to hit the U.S. Senate floor this weekend, the “Inflation Reduction Act.”

It’s a serious bit of false advertising..


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