Commentary
Commentary
Obscuring the forest for the trees: Most LAUSD students still below standards
Recently, Los Angeles school superintendent Alberto Carvalho held a celebratory press conference to trumpet the incremental increase in the district’s student test scores, but while he was focusing on some bright trees, the dark forest remains—a large majority of Los Angeles students still fail to meet state grade-level standards in ...
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Obamacare Premiums Are Climbing Again. But Americans Finally Have An Alternative
Get ready to pay more for insurance coverage through Obamacare’s exchanges. The median premium increase for plans from 105 insurers in 19 states and the District of Columbia will be 15% in 2026, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. That’s more than double the median premium increase of 7% this ...
Commentary
Drug Tariffs Cure Nothing and Are a Tax Increase
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire for sweeping tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Last month, the president threatened tariffs as high as 200% on imported drugs. The trade deal with the European Union (EU) finalized July 27 includes a 15% levy on medicines imported from the continent. Drug ...
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We don’t need socialism to cut drug prices. Americans get a good deal
Nearly nine in every 10 Americans say that prescription drug prices are too high. Yet the average prescription costs less in the U.S. than in other developed countries, according to a new study from professor Tomas Phillipson, the former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. That finding ...
California
Advice from California: Pay attention to what Newsom does, not what he says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently barnstormed South Carolina on a two-day, presidential campaign-style tour, touting what he calls “the California Way.” Light on specifics and heavy on partisan red meat, Newsom told Palmetto State audiences that the California he leads is “the most un-Trump state.” When challenged to a debate ...
California
Goodbye Golden State: In-N-Out Burger says enough to California’s crushing business climate
California already has lost a number of its legacy companies to more business-friendly states, but when the owner of an iconic burger chain leaves for Tennessee, where she will take a chunk of employees and set up a second company headquarters, the sting has to hurt a little more. Lynsi ...
Commentary
Medicaid At 60: A Safety Net In Need Of Serious Repair
Today, Medicaid turns 60. But this will be no diamond jubilee. What began in 1965 as a modest safety-net program has ballooned into the largest health entitlement in the country, covering nearly 80 million Americans, costing close to $900 billion a year, and delivering poor value for both patients and ...
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Doctors Deserve More Than a Token Pay ‘Raise’ from Medicare
The Trump administration is giving doctors a modest pay raise. A proposal released this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would, among other things, implement the 2.5% hike in Medicare physician reimbursement established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Trump signed into law July ...
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America Doesn’t Have Enough Doctors. Medicare Is Making That Worse.
The United States is facing a shortage of 37,000 physicians, according to the latest research from the Association of American Medical Colleges. That deficit will more than double to 86,000 doctors by 2036. Medicare’s chronically low reimbursement rates deserve at least part of the blame. According to the American Medical ...
Commentary
How Price Controls Make a Healthy Drug Market Sick
The unspoken assumption behind the prescription drug price controls at the heart of the Democrats’ August 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is that the pharmaceutical market is broken. According to this view, drugmakers have the power to charge whatever they want. Only a sweeping system of government price-setting can put ...
Obscuring the forest for the trees: Most LAUSD students still below standards
Recently, Los Angeles school superintendent Alberto Carvalho held a celebratory press conference to trumpet the incremental increase in the district’s student test scores, but while he was focusing on some bright trees, the dark forest remains—a large majority of Los Angeles students still fail to meet state grade-level standards in ...
Obamacare Premiums Are Climbing Again. But Americans Finally Have An Alternative
Get ready to pay more for insurance coverage through Obamacare’s exchanges. The median premium increase for plans from 105 insurers in 19 states and the District of Columbia will be 15% in 2026, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. That’s more than double the median premium increase of 7% this ...
Drug Tariffs Cure Nothing and Are a Tax Increase
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire for sweeping tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Last month, the president threatened tariffs as high as 200% on imported drugs. The trade deal with the European Union (EU) finalized July 27 includes a 15% levy on medicines imported from the continent. Drug ...
We don’t need socialism to cut drug prices. Americans get a good deal
Nearly nine in every 10 Americans say that prescription drug prices are too high. Yet the average prescription costs less in the U.S. than in other developed countries, according to a new study from professor Tomas Phillipson, the former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. That finding ...
Advice from California: Pay attention to what Newsom does, not what he says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently barnstormed South Carolina on a two-day, presidential campaign-style tour, touting what he calls “the California Way.” Light on specifics and heavy on partisan red meat, Newsom told Palmetto State audiences that the California he leads is “the most un-Trump state.” When challenged to a debate ...
Goodbye Golden State: In-N-Out Burger says enough to California’s crushing business climate
California already has lost a number of its legacy companies to more business-friendly states, but when the owner of an iconic burger chain leaves for Tennessee, where she will take a chunk of employees and set up a second company headquarters, the sting has to hurt a little more. Lynsi ...
Medicaid At 60: A Safety Net In Need Of Serious Repair
Today, Medicaid turns 60. But this will be no diamond jubilee. What began in 1965 as a modest safety-net program has ballooned into the largest health entitlement in the country, covering nearly 80 million Americans, costing close to $900 billion a year, and delivering poor value for both patients and ...
Doctors Deserve More Than a Token Pay ‘Raise’ from Medicare
The Trump administration is giving doctors a modest pay raise. A proposal released this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would, among other things, implement the 2.5% hike in Medicare physician reimbursement established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Trump signed into law July ...
America Doesn’t Have Enough Doctors. Medicare Is Making That Worse.
The United States is facing a shortage of 37,000 physicians, according to the latest research from the Association of American Medical Colleges. That deficit will more than double to 86,000 doctors by 2036. Medicare’s chronically low reimbursement rates deserve at least part of the blame. According to the American Medical ...
How Price Controls Make a Healthy Drug Market Sick
The unspoken assumption behind the prescription drug price controls at the heart of the Democrats’ August 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is that the pharmaceutical market is broken. According to this view, drugmakers have the power to charge whatever they want. Only a sweeping system of government price-setting can put ...
