Letters

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: Market Institute Joins Coalition Backing USTRx Act to End Foreign Drug Freeloading

The Market Institute and the Center for a Free Economy (CFE) led a coalition of free-market leaders and organizations urging congressional leadership to pass the More Homes on the Market Act (H.R. 1340 / S. 3332)—a bipartisan reform designed to increase housing supply and improve affordability for American families. In… Read more: Market Institute and Center for a Free Economy Lead Coalition Letter Supporting the “More Homes on the Market Act”

The Market Institute joined dozens of free-market, taxpayer, and innovation-focused organizations in a February 12 coalition letter to Congress opposing efforts to codify a Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) prescription drug pricing model into law. In the letter, the coalition warned that MFN would not solve the real problem of foreign price controls.… Read more: Market Institute Joins Coalition Opposing Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing

The Market Institute is proud to have signed onto a coalition letter supporting the Recycling Technology Innovation Act (H.R. 6566), bipartisan legislation that would provide regulatory certainty for advanced recycling technologies and bring federal policy in line with market realities. Advanced recycling plays an increasingly important role in modern manufacturing… Read more: The Market Institute Joins Coalition Supporting Advanced Recycling Innovation

The Market Institute has joined a broad coalition of national and state-based organizations urging the Missouri General Assembly to support Governor Mike Kehoe’s Missouri Promise—a responsible, trigger-based plan to phase out the state individual income tax and modernize Missouri’s outdated tax system. Missouri-Letter Missouri’s current income tax structure dates back… Read more: Market Institute Joins Coalition Supporting Gov. Kehoe’s Missouri Promise

House Republicans are searching for ways to advance conservative health care reform while securing the votes needed to pass their package. There is already a solution on the table—one that delivers real savings without expanding government control. In a letter to House leadership, Market Institute President Charles Sauer urged Congress… Read more: $40 Billion in Savings, Less Government Waste: Why House Republicans Should Add Site Neutrality

As Congress debates its next major healthcare package, one reform stands out for its ability to lower costs, strengthen competition, and protect patient choice: Site Neutrality. Today, federal policy pays hospital-owned facilities far more than independent physicians for the exact same service—a distortion that fuels consolidation, drives up prices, and… Read more: Site Neutrality: A Key Reform to Cut Costs and Strengthen Competition

A broad coalition of free-market, taxpayer-advocacy, and constitutional-rights organizations—including The Market Institute—sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson urging swift passage of H.R. 4312, the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements (SCORE) Act. SCORE Act Letter – 12.1.25 At its core, the SCORE Act restores sanity to the… Read more: Coalition to Congress: Pass the SCORE Act and Protect Student-Athletes from Overreach

The Market Institute has joined a coalition of free-market and pro-growth organizations in urging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to approve the proposed merger between Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS). In a letter sent to the Board, the coalition emphasized that the merger represents a major investment in… Read more: Market Institute Joins Free-Market Coalition Urging Approval of UP–NS Merger

The Market Institute joined a coalition of free-market and pro-innovation organizations in urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to avoid intervening in private contract negotiations between broadcast networks and affiliates. The letter commends Chairman Carr’s deregulatory leadership, particularly his efforts to modernize outdated ownership caps and remove rules… Read more: Market Institute Joins Coalition Urging FCC to Respect Free-Market Broadcast Negotiations