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The WasteWatcherSenate Finance Committee Drug Pricing Changes - Market Driven or More Destructive Price Controls?
The healthcare policy community is anxiously waiting to see what kind of pharmaceutical pricing legislation Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will produce for Medicare and Medicaid drug...
The WasteWatcherLegal Sports Betting Scores Big With Taxpayers
The year 2019 has been a landmark year for sports betting, with one in four Americans living in a state where the practice is legal.
The WasteWatcherNew York’s Green New Deal Faces Some Inconvenient Truths
On June 19, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated he would be willing to sign the Climate and Community Protection Act into law.
The WasteWatcherGreedy Administrators are the Real Reason Why Baltimore’s Education System is Crumbling
The city of Baltimore’s schools are badly failing, despite spending more per capita than almost anywhere in the country. To understand why, one needs only to look where the money is going: into the pockets of crooked public education administrators.
The WasteWatcherThe American Medical Association’s Shaky Stance on Socialized Medicine
As the American Medical Association’s (AMA) shrinking membership tilts further and further to the left, real questions need to be asked about the organization’s influence over the Medicare for All debate.
The WasteWatcherUSPS Struggles with Finding and Measuring Efficiencies
Math is hard. Especially when it comes to the USPS and its attempts to save money.
The WasteWatcherTaxpayers' Independence Day
The American people received an early Independence Day present on July 1 when President Trump signed into law H.R. 3151, the Taxpayer First Act of 2019.
The WasteWatcherHang Onto Your Wallets ... And Your Freedom
Listening to the Democratic presidential debates these past two days has been alarming. Pandering to specific groups, the candidates are prepared to have the federal government cover the costs for a myriad of programs.
The WasteWatcherLawmakers Who Want to Boost the Middle Class Should Focus on Lowering the Debt
This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2019 Long-Term Outlook which corroborated that the United States current rate of spending is unsustainable.
The WasteWatcherNo More Vaping in San Francisco?
The Los Angeles Times’s June 24 editorial, “San Francisco’s E-cigarette Ban Isn’t Just Bad Policy, it’s Ba
The WasteWatcherSeattle's Soda Tax Fails to Live Up to Its Promises
In Seattle, free college, youth education programs, and job training are the latest “soda tax” battle cries. Unfortunately for consumers, these are promises that are made to be broken.
The WasteWatcherOhio's Nonsensical Nuclear Bailout Moves Forward
Like a giant pink bat signal, an inflatable pig owned by Bowling Green protestors drew attention back on Ohio’s proposal to bailout failing nuclear com
