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The broadened joint employer standard impacts 44 percent of private sector employees
The president’s proposed tariffs could increase nationwide consumer costs by nearly $40 billion annually.
AAF’s Director of Labor Market Policy Ben Gitis explains how a little known regulation—called the joint employer standard—could have a major impact on the U.S. economy.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continued their efforts to drive down drug costs by proposing several more changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D.
December 14, 2018
Weekly Checkup
Christopher Holt
As the 115th Congress draws to a close, legislators are finishing up work on the IMPROVE Act, which passed the House on Tuesday and is headed to the Senate.…
The Daily Dish
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Eakinomics: Housing Finance Reform in One Picture AAF has released the latest edition of its Housing Chart Book, a great way to track the evolution…
December 13, 2018
Op-Eds
Ben Gitis
In a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner, AAF's Director of Labor Market Policy Ben Gitis explains the danger that the broadened "joint employer standard"…
Insight
Illegal synthetic opioids are far and away the main reason the opioid crisis continues to worsen
Eakinomics: A Cautionary Pension Lesson As their name suggests, multiemployer pensions (MEPs) are collectively bargained retirement plans that are…
December 12, 2018
Gordon Gray, Alexander Specht
Congress has so far failed to reach consensus on restoring solvency to the multiemployer pension system.
Eakinomics: A Little Less WOTUS One of the joys (I don’t have much of a life) of the Trump Administration’s regulatory reforms is the chance to…
December 11, 2018
Dan Bosch
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the agencies) released text of a proposed rule Tuesday to redefine the term “Waters…
Eakinomics: National Health Expenditures In the political debates over health care policy, the focus is often on issues of access to care — the number…
December 10, 2018
Will Rinehart
At their next Open Meeting on December 12th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to formally classify text messaging under the Communication…
Research
Jacqueline Varas, Kevin Lentz
Executive Summary The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program was designed to provide temporary sanctuary to individuals from countries experiencing…
Philip Rossetti
The modified rule should not be expected to have a significant impact on the energy mix. As outlined by previous American Action Forum research, there…
Infographic
Jacqueline Varas
Understand the difference between a refugee and asylum seeker with AAF’s latest infographic. Read the entire primer here.
Week in Regulation
Dan Goldbeck
Entering the final month of 2018, a pair of deregulatory proposed rules led a fairly modest week in the Federal Register. The proposals – from the Departments…
Eakinomics: Recession Warning from Residential Housing? The housing sector has traditionally been a good leading indicator of the near-term path of…
Q3 2018
Housing Chart Book
December 7, 2018
As part of its responsibility under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) maintains a running database…
In October, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that premiums in 2019 for benchmark Silver plans in the 39 states using the…
Jonathan Keisling
Executive Summary This study analyzes the 2019 premium increases for health insurance plans offered through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual…
U6 Fix
The biggest game in town is trying to anticipate the pace of Fed rate hikes in 2019. Today’s November employment report was solid across the board. Payroll…
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