The Drug Pricing Clinic

The Drug Pricing Clinic is your home for all of AAF’s most relevant work on prescription drug policy, proposals, and programs. Policymakers from across the political spectrum are offering proposals for lowering the costs of prescription drugs, but the market is tremendously complicated — and any policy intervention promises to have numerous effects across the […]

The AAF Exchange

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Eye on Trade

International trade empowers Americans to build a better life by expanding options for U.S. consumers, lowering the cost of American manufacturing, and giving producers access to billions of consumers around the globe. Recent new trade barriers imposed by the Trump Administration threaten to diminish these benefits, significantly increasing costs for both businesses and consumers. AAF’s […]

Center for Health and Economy

The Center for Health and Economy (H&E), a research initiative of the American Action Forum, is focused on providing accessible analysis on the outlook for the United States health care system. With the guidance of nationally recognized economic, budget, and public policy experts, H&E uses microsimulation models and health economics literature to evaluate the effects […]

The Drug Pricing Clinic

The Drug Pricing Clinic is your home for all of AAF’s most relevant work on prescription drug policy, proposals, and programs. Policymakers from across the political spectrum are offering proposals for lowering the costs of prescription drugs, but the market is tremendously complicated — and any policy intervention promises to have numerous effects across the […]

December 11, 2019

Insight

More Transparency Would Bolster the Trump Administration’s Regulatory Budget

Dan Bosch

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Trump Administration’s regulatory budget has been successful in driving a decrease in regulatory costs, but a lack of detail…

December 11, 2019

The Daily Dish

The Drug Reform Dance Continues

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: The Drug Reform Dance Continues As Congress approaches a vote on H.R. 3, Speaker Pelosi’s “Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now…

December 10, 2019

Insight

Comparing the Recent Drug-Pricing Reform Proposals

Tara O'Neill Hayes

This analysis compares recent legislative proposals to lower drug costs.

December 10, 2019

Testimony

Testimony Regarding: “Proposals to Achieve Universal Health Care Coverage”

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health *The views expressed here are my own and not those of the American…

December 10, 2019

The Daily Dish

A Paid Leave Proposal Crosses the Finish Line

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: A Paid Leave Proposal Crosses the Finish Line There has been sustained interest in paid leave programs over the past 4 to 5 years. Beginning…

December 9, 2019

Insight

Understanding the New Paid Family Leave Proposal

Isabel Soto

The White House and Congress have reached a tentative agreement that would provide paid parental leave to all federal workers, a notable expansion of current…

December 9, 2019

Week in Regulation

EPA Leads Otherwise Quiet Week

Dan Goldbeck, Dan Bosch

The first week of December was a rather slow one on the regulatory front. Most rulemakings that had some quantifiable economic impact failed to exceed…

December 9, 2019

The Daily Dish

And the Beat Goes On

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: And the Beat Goes On AAF’s Dan Bosch is out with insights into the administration’s Fiscal Year 2019 regulatory budget results released…

December 6, 2019

Insight

FY 2019 Regulatory Budget Results

Dan Bosch

Executive agencies published a net total savings of $13.5 billion in FY19, according to the Trump Administration’s calculations. The Trump Administration’s…

December 6, 2019

Multimedia

(CLIP) November Jobs Report — Yahoo! Finance

Gordon Gray

AAF’s Director of Fiscal Policy Gordon Gray discusses the latest jobs report on Yahoo Finance.

December 6, 2019

Insight

A Review of Presidential Candidates’ Proposals on Education Policy

Isabel Soto, Tom Lee

Executive Summary The need for robust education reform has become more urgent as the labor market changes and tightens, and yet the presidential candidates…

December 6, 2019

Weekly Checkup

Is ACA Enrollment Dropping, and Is It Cause for Concern?

Christopher Holt

Open enrollment for those seeking individual market health insurance through the federally facilitated marketplace, established by the Affordable Care…

December 6, 2019

U6 Fix

Holiday Cheer

Gordon Gray

Payrolls in November grew by 266,000, with private sector payrolls growing by 254,000. Goods-producing industries saw a 48,000 jobs gain, buoyed by a 41,000…

December 6, 2019

The Daily Dish

November Jobs

Gordon Gray

The October jobs report delivered a surprisingly strong private payroll gain in the face of a slowing economy and labor strikes. U.S. firms and government…

December 5, 2019

The Daily Dish

Just When I Calmed Down

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Just When I Calmed Down It has taken a bit for me to adjust to President Trump’s trade policy. Just when I thought having the globe’s…

December 4, 2019

Multimedia

Tariffs & Trade: A Busy December

Jacqueline Varas

AAF’s Director of Immigration and Trade Policy Jacqueline Varas reviews the highlights of an exceptionally busy month in the world of trade policy.

December 4, 2019

The Daily Dish

Finishing the TCJA

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Finishing the TCJA There is a now a mini-industry of columns and blog posts claiming the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) “failed.” I find…

December 3, 2019

The Daily Dish

Tit for Tat on Taxes and Tariffs?

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Tit for Tat on Taxes and Tariffs? Tariffs are taxes on imports. And taxes are tariffs on transactions. The point is that there is a conceptual…

December 2, 2019

Week in Regulation

A Pair of Health Care Transparency Regulations Highlight Short Week

Dan Goldbeck, Dan Bosch

Last week only had four work days due to Thanksgiving, but there was some activity on the regulatory front. Over the course of the past week, two regulatory…

December 2, 2019

The Daily Dish

Some Not-Terribly-Surprising News on Reimportation

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Some Not-Terribly-Surprising News on Reimportation The Hill is reporting that “‘It is important to recognize that Canada’s market…

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