It's Here! Policy Orientation 2020

What to Know: Some states, such as New Jersey, are trying to replicate portions of the Affordable Care Act, in case the U.S. Supreme Court declares the ACA unconstitutional.

The TPPF Take: New Jersey is right about one thing; health care is a state issue.

“This is an opportunity for states to step up and tackle the issue of health care,” says TPPF’s Robert Henneke, who argued the ACA case on behalf of the individual plaintiffs. “The ACA has proven that no one-size-fits-all solution from Washington is going to solve the myriad of problems with the health care system. We need the federal government out of our personal health care choices.”

The ACA lawsuit will be part of the discussion at PO 2020. 

The Struggle is Real

What to Know: Some elites in Washington can’t understand why President Trump talks about dishwashers (and other inefficient appliances) on the campaign trail.

The TPPF Take: New appliances take more time to do a poor job because of federal energy saving mandates. 

“What President Trump is really talking about is government-mandated ineffectiveness,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “We have unelected regulators to tell us what sort of appliances we can buy, and enacting draconian energy and water-usage limits. And the result is politically correct machines that are costly, unreliable, and entirely unsuited to the task for which they were sold to the public.”

Wasted Money

What to Know: According to a new study, more than one-third of U.S. health care spending goes to bureaucracy.

The TPPF Take: More government bureaucracy inevitably means more costs.

“The cost of health care has risen every time government involvement increases and layers of bureaucracy are added,” says TPPF’s David Balat. “Medicare-for-All would mean much more bureaucracy, more costs, and far less care—and, we know now, fewer jobs. Instead of Medicare-for-All, Congress should let states take up health care reform.”