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Details on Student Loan Forgiveness

On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled in Biden v. Nebraska that the Secretary of Education does not have authority under the HEROES Act to establish a blanket student loan forgiveness program. Interested readers can find the most significant details on the Biden’s Administration’s loan forgiveness executive orders and rulemakings in this series of insights […]

October 3, 2023

Insight

Tracker: The Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Assets

Thomas Kingsley

Introduction This tracker follows the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) total consolidated assets, held on its balance sheet, as the best indicator of the Fed’s…

October 3, 2023

Insight

The Medicare Budget Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act

Gordon Gray, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Kenneth Thorpe

Executive Summary The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) contains two Medicare provisions – an “inflation tax” and drug price “negotiation” –…

October 3, 2023

The Daily Dish

Symptoms of Labor Market Cooling

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Today at 10 a.m., the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for August. This provides…

October 2, 2023

Insight

The 2024 Outlook for CMS’ Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program

Laura Hobbs

Executive Summary Started in 2011, Medicare Part B’s Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program…

October 2, 2023

Week in Regulation

Pool Pump Efficiency Standards Highlight Up-and-down Week

Dan Goldbeck

Last week was a reasonably busy one in the pages of the Federal Register. There were 15 rulemakings with some measurable economic impact. Interestingly…

October 2, 2023

The Daily Dish

Ideology Trumps Common Sense

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

This past week, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced a proposed rulemaking to reinstate net neutrality oversight…

September 29, 2023

Research

Considering California’s $20 Minimum Wage at the Federal Level

Isabella Hindley

Executive Summary  An amended version of California’s AB 1228, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 28, 2023, will increase minimum…

September 29, 2023

Weekly Checkup

Better 340B-elieve It

Jackson Hammond

The 340B Drug Pricing Program is always of interest, and this week a new report emerged about the program’s growth in 2022. Adam Fein of Drug Channels…

September 29, 2023

The Daily Dish

Whither Economic Growth?

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

It is an enormous understatement to say that the economic outlook is a bit cloudy at the moment. (To keep up to date, check out the AAF Weekly Economic…

September 28, 2023

Multimedia

The Impending Government Shutdown – Yahoo Finance

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses the potential impending government shutdown on Yahoo Finance.

September 28, 2023

Series

The Government Shutdown

With the end of the fiscal year looming and no funding deal in sight, here is a selection of AAF resources on federal government shutdowns.

September 28, 2023

Insight

H-1B Visa Holders: A Case Study for a Points-based Immigration System

Isabella Hindley

Executive Summary  The U.S. immigration system requires a more efficient legal pathway to citizenship for the more than 580,000 H-1B visa holders…

September 28, 2023

The Daily Dish

FTC v. Amazon

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

As was widely anticipated, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has joined with 17 state attorneys general to file an antitrust suit against Amazon. AAF’s…

September 27, 2023

Research

Estimating the Impact on the U.S. Economy of Revoking Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China

Tori Smith, Tom Lee

Executive Summary In response to the Chinese Communist Party’s well-documented human rights abuses and the significant threat it poses to U.S. national…

September 27, 2023

Insight

Antitrust Litigation Against Amazon’s Online Marketplace

Jeffrey Westling

Executive Summary On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed an expansive antitrust case against tech giant Amazon…

September 27, 2023

The Daily Dish

The Stealthy SEC in Action

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

The Biden Administration has matured from a red-tape child prodigy to a full-grown bureaucratic behemoth that has thus far saddled the economy with over $420…

September 26, 2023

Comments for the Record

Comments for the Record: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements

Fred Ashton, Jeffrey Westling

Comments of Frederick C. Ashton, Jr.[1] and Jeffrey Westling[2] I. Introduction and Summary The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust…

September 26, 2023

Insight

Overreach at the SEC

Thomas Kingsley

Executive Summary  Under Chair Gensler the SEC has issued a near-unprecedented number of rulemakings with the potential to upend the operations of…

September 26, 2023

The Daily Dish

Interest Rates and the Federal Budget

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Everybody knows that interest rates are higher than they used to be. Everyone knows that the federal government has borrowed like a drunken gambling addict…

September 25, 2023

Week in Regulation

Medicaid Streamlining Rule Brings Notable Paperwork Cuts

Dan Goldbeck

Last week was a relatively busy one in the pages of the Federal Register. There were 17 rulemakings with some quantifiable economic impact. Topics ranged…

The Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation

The federal government has choosen the first 10 drugs subject to “negotiation” under Medicare in compliance with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Interested readers can find a refresher of the likely harmful effects of the IRA’s drug pricing provisions, prominent among them reduced access to critical therapies for seniors and stifled health care innovation, in […]

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