Taxpayers spend between $400 million and $800 million each year (approximately $1 to $2 million per day) on nuclear waste storage due to the federal government’s failure to dispose of spent fuel sitting at nuclear power plants across the country. For the past 35 years, nuclear power plants have accumulated over 3,000 dry used fuel … Continue reading
Author Archives: Evan Turkowsky
Price Transparency and the Rising Cost of Health Care in the United States
Since 1990, the average cost of a hospital stay has grown by 600 percent—five times faster than the average price of a new car. Runaway health care costs are undermining our country’s health and prosperity and the lack of transparency perpetuates delivery of unnecessary health care services. Price transparency refers to the practice of making … Continue reading
The 9-8-8 Implementation Act of 2022
Someone to Call. | Someone to Come. | Somewhere to Go. Summary In 2010—2020, over 480,000 individuals in the United States committed suicide, a 12 percent increase from the decade prior. On July 16, 2022, the federal government will roll out the national “988” hotline for suicide prevention and mental health crises that will route … Continue reading