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Americans Still Say Government Is the Biggest Problem Facing the Country

This will come as a surprise to at least some of you: 37 percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the country, according to a new Gallup poll — up from 29 percent last...
Medicaid Expansion in All States Would Lower Uninsured Rate by a Quarter: New Report

If the 19 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act did so next year, the uninsured rate in the United States would drop by roughly a quarter and federal spending on health...

A 'Terrible Intergenerational Transfer:' Pros and Cons of the Tax Cuts

The House Ways and Means Committee held a three-hour hearing Wednesday on the effects of the Republican tax overhaul. We tuned in so you wouldn’t have to. As you might have expected, the hearing was...
Business Investment Picking Up Steam

Companies in the S&P 500 are increasing spending on their businesses at the fastest rate since 2011, The Wall Street Journal reports . Capex investment, which includes things like building...
Want to Balance the Budget? We’ll Need 5% Growth to Get There

The federal government will start spending $1 trillion more than it raises in taxes in 2019, and the deficit is expected to remain above that level for the foreseeable future. It’s widely agreed that...
Democrats Aren’t Running Away from Obamacare This Election

Politico’s Jennifer Haberkorn reports that, after four election cycles of ducking, dodging and tiptoeing around Obamacare, Democrats this time around have “a unified message blaming Republicans for ‘...
A New Plan to Expand Health Care Coverage — and Contain Costs

Economists at the Urban Institute this week released a new health-care policy proposal. The plan would leave Medicare and employer-based health care coverage in place but add a new, Medicare-style “...