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Site-Neutral Reforms Will Protect Rural Patients and Critical Access Hospitals
In the realm of healthcare politics, a glaring power dynamic emerges: giant corporations, notably hospitals, wield disproportionate influence over policy decisions and spending. A new article in Inside Sources by Charles Sauer explores the contentious issue of “Site Neutral” payment reform, revealing how this policy discrepancy enables hospitals to charge Read more…
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Biden’s COVID-19 test failure encapsulates Leftist fallacies
Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new piece up at the Washington Examiner on the failings of the Biden administration on Covid testing. “President Joe Biden announced in December that his administration was caught off guard by the omicron variant and that the government would be sending out free Read more…
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Patent Pirates, Not Patent Trolls, Are Hurting Our Economy
Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in RealClear Policy looking at what drives an innovative economy and what hurts it. “For years, special interests have used the specter of the so-called “patent troll” in their never-ending attempt to vilify innovators and undermine the patent system. This campaign was done to advance the agenda of Read more…
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‘Trust the science,’ until the science doesn’t support the nanny state
Here’s an excerpt from the latest Washington Examiner piece by Market Institute President Charles Sauer. After some bureaucrats decided that strip clubs can be open while schools can’t and that bars and restaurants can be open although churches can’t, unelected bureaucrats are now contemplating changing the definition of “moderate drinking” for men Read more…
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Destructive Union Politics Have Flourished During COVID-19
Market Institute President Charles Sauer is out with a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner looking at the politicization of the corona virus pandemic. Unions in particular have become highly politicized. “Notably, if they want to keep taking dues from their members, unions need to give their members a reason, Read more…
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Regulators consider treating the freight rail industry like it’s 1887
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new piece in the Washington Examiner looking at new, potential regulations on America’s freight railroads. Here is an excerpt: “Now, America’s freight railroads are all in much stronger financial positions and offer the most competitive shipping rates in the world. Or, at Read more…
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Republicans Push for Socialist Price Controls in Coronavirus Bill
The Market Institute’s Charles Sauer is out with a new Op-ed in the Washington Examiner looking at legislation on “Surprise Billing.” In the midst of intense negotiations on a phase 4 coronavirus relief bill, a debate is brewing over the inclusion of a ‘fix’ to the issue of surprise billing. Read more…
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Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia is on the Right Track with Activist Investor Reform
The Market Institute’s Charles Sauer has a new piece in the Washington Examiner on the Department of Labor’s guidance on fiduciaries and how they manage the wealth of their clients. Some wealth managers are sacrificing the financial returns of their clients int he name of Environmental, social, and governance activism Read more…
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Government May Attempt to Steal COVID Vaccine
The Market Institute’s Charles Sauer is out with a new piece on the importance of patent rights in the context of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. He contends that the company that develops a vaccine must be rewarded and protected with strong property rights. “Innovators need to be rewarded for innovating Read more…