Executive Summary Artificial Intelligence is increasingly integrated into medical practice, combining traditional AI, such as machine learning, and generative AI to improve efficiency and decrease research costs. Abridge AI, Freed AI, GE’s Critical Care Suite, and AlphaFold are FDA approved HIPAA compliant tools which automate clinical documentation, aid diagnostic imaging, and accelerate biomedical research. Despite … Continue reading
Executive Summary Driverless vehicles are at the cutting edge of automobile innovation, and their importance will only increase with time. While the United States is producing these vehicles competitively, an unclear regulatory environment threatens to stall technological progress. U.S. lawmakers and regulators should build certainty and spur innovation by establishing a national safety standard and … Continue reading
Executive Summary On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill which includes many key provisions relating to health care policy – including broad reforms to Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). The provisions included in the bill offer new tax credits, widen eligibility criteria for … Continue reading
An overheating economy, high policy uncertainty, and declining consumer confidence pose recession risks of 53 percent as of April 2025. This paper employs a weighted logit model to aid policymakers in early intervention. Key indicators include consumer expenditure, yield curve, disposable income, and economic policy uncertainty, enhancing prediction accuracy in recession modeling. Continue reading
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Direct Primary Care (DPC), a subscription-based health care payment model for primary care services, is expanding in the U.S. with many favorable outcomes for both patients and providers. While the DPC model may improve quality, accessibility, and affordability of primary care, some detractors note its limitations in health care coverage and argue that … Continue reading
Executive Summary Although President Trump has paused his April 2 “Liberation Day” tariffs for 90 days, he continues to threaten imposing sector-specific tariffs in the near future. The threatened sectors include pharmaceuticals, copper, lumber, chemicals and minerals, semiconductors, and energy, which combined account for roughly 20-percent of U.S. imports. This research estimates that if the … Continue reading
Executive Summary The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Chair Stephen Miran stated on March 25th he does not believe there is a strong relationship between consumer sentiment and consumer spending in recent years. Miran says this after a 9.76 percent decrease in consumer sentiment from February to March, marking the largest drop since January 2021, … Continue reading
Executive Summary In November 2024, the federal government employed over three million people, accounting for about 1.87 percent of the civilian workforce. Since the new administration took office in January, over 30,000 federal workers have been notified of termination, indicating that nearly one percent of the federal workforce has been cut. The proposed initiative to … Continue reading
Executive Summary Occupational licensing, or licensure, is a form of government regulation that mandates a license to pursue a particular career for compensation, aiming to protect consumers from unsafe and low-quality services. There is a growing movement to reform licensure at both state and federal levels over concerns of a constrained labor supply, which reduces … Continue reading
Executive Summary On March 15, 2025, President Trump signed a continuing resolution, which included an extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities through the end of September. Medicare telehealth coverage presents a myriad of benefits and drawbacks – with some studies suggesting greater access to care, potential cost-savings, and high quality of care coming at the expense … Continue reading
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