Pieter Vorster

Where DOGE and the Tax Bill Intersect

Where DOGE and the Tax Bill Intersect

On the one hand, Elon Musk has been given a goal of reducing government waste by the Trump administration. On the other hand, congressional Republicans are desperate to find ways to cut spending in order to pay for a high-priority tax bill. The intersection of these two goals creates a rare opportunity to institute reforms that would be very hard to accomplish under ordinary circumstances. More.

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AnneMarie Schieber

AnneMarie Schieber

AnneMarie Schieber is the managing editor of Health Care News, a co-publication of The Goodman Institute and the Heartland Institute, and the nation’s only newspaper presenting health care news to legislators and medical professionals from a free market perspective.

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Making Health Savings Accounts Better

Making Health Savings Accounts Better

Writing in Health Affairs,  John Goodman says there are a number of ways to make HSAs available to more people and to serve more needs. Included:

  1. Roth-type HSAs for seniors on Medicare.
  2. Roth HSAs for people who buy insurance in the exchanges.
  3. Use of HSAs to obtain 24/7 “direct primary care.”
  4. HSAs for chronic care.
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Do People Vote on What They Know or How They Feel?

Do People Vote on What They Know or How They Feel?

Why do so many high-income, highly educated people vote for liberal political candidates? Is it because they feel guilty and they are altruistically voting against their own interests? John Goodman says its more likely that these folks are just as self-interested as everybody else.

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Test Post

Test Post

The inflation rate is the highest it’s been in 40 years. Congress can’t change that. But there are six things it can do to help all of us weather inflation, beginning with full inflation indexing of the tax code. 

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