The Trump administration’s recent 2.6% payment hike for hospitals’ Medicare and Medicaid services may sound like good news for the healthcare system. In reality, it highlights a much bigger problem: hospitals already enjoy an unfair advantage while patients are stuck footing inflated bills. As Charles Sauer writes in the Boston Read more…
The Justice Department’s recent approval of the $14 billion Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE)–Juniper Networks merger has fueled speculation of a rift within President Trump’s antitrust team. But as Norm Singleton explains, the differences are overstated: “The lawsuit to block HPE’s acquisition of Juniper was motivated by concerns that the acquisition Read more…
In a recent column at RealClearMarkets, Market Institute President Charles Sauer highlights an important tension within the Trump Administration’s approach to regulation. While the administration has wisely pulled back from the overly aggressive antitrust enforcement of the Biden years, troubling moves at the FCC and FTC risk undermining the First Read more…
Shortly before leaving for the August district work period, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government advanced the FY2026 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. One of its most notable provisions targets the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), cutting its budget and blocking Chair Lina Khan’s latest Read more…
Charles Sauer, President of the Market Institute, recently published an important article in Townhall highlighting the need for Congress to revisit federal credit unions’ nonprofit status. As Sauer explains, what was once a system designed to serve low-income communities has morphed into billion-dollar institutions that look and act just like Read more…
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. famously said: “hard cases make bad law.” As Market Institute President Charles Sauer writes in a recent article at RealClear Markets, few cases are harder than one where a grieving parent seeks to hold someone accountable for the death of their child. Sauer highlights the Read more…
In a recent piece at RealClearMarkets, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton sounded the alarm over the European Union’s latest attempt to regulate one of the most promising frontiers of human innovation: outer space. The so-called “Space Act,” as Singleton explains, is packed with mandates that threaten to make the Read more…
New York’s Stop Hiding Hate Act — signed into law last year and taking effect this year — is a prime example of how government dresses up an assault on liberty with a feel-good title. In a recent RealClear Markets article, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton warns that while Read more…
Patients are struggling to get the medications they need — on time, at the right price, and with confidence in their safety. As Charles Sauer writes in the Boston Herald: “The real issue is red tape – numerous regulations that prevent the healthcare market from innovating and hinder current innovations Read more…
Minnesota is following in New York’s footsteps with a new law that requires mental health warning labels on social media platforms. Before accessing their favorite apps, Minnesotans will soon be forced to “acknowledge the potential for harm and choose to proceed to the social media platform despite the risk.” As Read more…