In a new piece for RealClearMarkets, Market Institute President Charles Sauer takes on Vice President JD Vance’s call for a Republican economic agenda that moves beyond the “old free-market consensus” in favor of a more interventionist approach to the economy. During a recent appearance on Michael Knowles’s podcast, Vance credited Read more…
Market Institute President Charles Sauer writes in the Boston Herald that Massachusetts has an opportunity to lead the fight against fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare Advantage by addressing the incentives that encourage insurers to inflate patient diagnoses and collect higher government reimbursements. Medicare Advantage now serves roughly 35 million Read more…
Market Institute President Charles Sauer is calling on Congress to make Alzheimer’s early detection a priority when lawmakers return from August recess. In a new op-ed for the Daily Caller, Sauer argues that Congress should move quickly on the bipartisan ASAP Act, legislation designed to create a Medicare coverage pathway Read more…
President Trump’s “liberation” tariffs are already raising costs for American businesses and consumers. Small manufacturers like Bunch Bikes in Denton, Ohio have seen production costs jump more than $1,000 per bike. Polls show 72% of small business owners are either raising prices and losing customers or absorbing the costs and Read more…
Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton is sounding the alarm over “Kids Over Clicks,” the first major policy proposal from Project 2029, a Democratic effort to develop a governing agenda for the next Democratic president. In a new piece for RealClearMarkets, Singleton argues that while the proposal is being sold Read more…
Market Institute President Charles Sauer joined Steve Gruber to discuss the spending battle on Capitol Hill and how healthcare reform could help bring skeptical Republicans on board. Sauer argues that while lawmakers fight over a relatively small piece of the federal budget, they are overlooking major opportunities for savings by Read more…
As Congress debates the future of Reconciliation 3.0, Republicans face mounting pressure to balance fiscal discipline with advancing their legislative agenda. In a new Washington Examiner op-ed, Market Institute President Charles Sauer argues lawmakers don’t have to choose between the two. Instead, Sauer points to long-overdue reforms within Medicare and Read more…
America’s patent system helped transform the United States into the world’s leading innovation economy by ensuring that anyone—not just the politically connected—could protect and profit from their ideas. But today, that competitive advantage is increasingly threatened by a regulatory system that leaves businesses waiting for answers instead of bringing new Read more…
A new Supreme Court ruling marks another significant step toward reining in the administrative state and restoring constitutional accountability. Writing in RealClearMarkets, Market Institute President Charles Sauer argues that while Trump v. Slaughter strengthens presidential oversight of federal agencies, Congress must continue the work by reclaiming its constitutional lawmaking authority. Read more…
The Market Institute has joined the Center for a Free Economy and more than three dozen national organizations in urging Congress to pass the USTRx Act (H.R. 4780), legislation that would help end the unfair practice of foreign governments shifting the cost of pharmaceutical innovation onto American patients. In a Read more…