Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour has grown in popularity over the past few years. On the surface this law seems fair and reasonable, but in-depth analysis recognizes the issues that come along with this policy. A $15 minimum wage hurts the people it is trying to help because businesses are unable to … Continue reading
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Privatized Healthcare Fosters Innovation
Healthcare was a major topic of discussion among politicians this past midterm election. Every election cycle it seems that more citizens are calling for government to intervene in the industry. On the left, we see a rise in popularity of single-payer healthcare or programs such as the Affordable Healthcare Act. Such programs may seem great … Continue reading
Part 1: Combatting Maternal Mortality
Introduction: Maternal mortality seems like an issue that would no longer have a large-scale impact on modern American society. In fact, the Journal of the American Medical Association noted with pride in 1950 that the “maternal mortality rate for…the United States of America – has been pushed slightly below the apparently irreducible minimum of … Continue reading
Immigration Reform: The Trump Public Charge Rule
The new public charge rule released under the Trump administration, if implemented, would represent the largest expansion of the definition in its 136-year history and would lead to drastic negative consequences for both companies and the wider native population. The public charge condition of inadmissibility is a powerful tool that has long been used by … Continue reading
Surprise…Out-of-Network Billing
INTRODUCTION According to a 2018 Amerispeak survey, 57 percent of participants received a “surprise” medical bill that they expected their insurance would pay. The results of this survey mirror a larger trend across the US populous: surprise medical billing is an all-too-prevalent phenomenon. These unanticipated costs often occur as a result of out-of-network charges. When … Continue reading
A Cooperative Federalism Approach to Energy is an ACE
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped its boundaries under the Obama administration with the Clean Power Plan (CPP). In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Air Act (CAA) was seeking to regulate “outside the fence line” of individual power plants. According to the EPA’s website, several states, trade associations, labor unions, and rural electric … Continue reading
A Call for Social Determinants
It is common knowledge that the United States spends substantially more money on health care than other developed nations, yet it is by no means the healthiest country. Health care accounts for one-sixth of United States’ gross domestic product (GDP), but morbidity continues to rise. Two out of three American adults are obese, one-third of American adults have high blood pressure, and diabetes prevalence is … Continue reading
What Would Adam Smith Do About Public School Funding?
Public education seems to never die out from the political economic discourse, as it never should. Investing in the education of new generations has been rightly revered as the best method for ensuring a prosperous society. But the question remains, who should invest in it and to what level? Influential political economist Adam Smith’s work … Continue reading
Say Yes to Supersonics
The age of supersonic transport has returned. This time around, advocates want it not only to succeed but also to become the new way of commercial air travel. This post will provide the history of supersonic transport, the current efforts, and the regulatory hurdles that need to be conquered to make supersonic transport a reality again. History The first breakthrough in supersonic transport occurred … Continue reading
Trump’s H-1B Policies Are Neither Buying American Nor Hiring American
Three months after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order enacting a trademark promise of his campaign: “Buy American, Hire American.” Among other things, the order directed his administration to review the current immigration system and determine policies for the United States to promote higher wages and employment for American workers. One the … Continue reading
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