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FISCAL POLICY
Getting fiscal policy right is the heart of getting government economic policies right. That means a pro-growth tax code which raises enough money for modest and well-designed government spending programs. Essential to fiscal policy is health care policy, which today dominates both tax and spending outlooks.
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Conservative Groups Push Back Against Big Government Collusion with Non-Profit Hospital Networks
The following letter (signed by over 40 conservative groups including the Center for a Free Economy, Americans for Tax Reform, National...
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Congressional Democrats Should Stop Lying About Medicaid
Congressional Democrats should stop lying about Medicaid.
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Congress Must Investigate California's Abuse of Medicaid Reimbursements
Dear Chairman Guthrie, Chairman Carter, Chairwoman Kiggans: In the wake of President Donald Trump’s sweeping mandate to increase...
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The Center for a Free Economy Urges Congress to Investigate California’s Abuse of Federal Medicaid Intergovernmental Transfers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2025 –The Center for a Free Economy today sent a letter to Representatives Brett Guthrie, Chairman of House Energy...
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80 Conservative Groups Unite in Opposition to 95% Tax on Prescription Medicines
Ryan Ellis 80 national and state conservative organizations today came together in opposition to a proposed 95 percent excise tax on...
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CFE Launches Video Series "So Here's The Good News"
On June 9, Center for a Free Economy (CFE) launched So Here’s the Good News , a video series designed to simplify tax policy with real...
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CFE President Ryan Ellis Featured on The Larry O’Connor Show
On May 14, CFE President Ryan Ellis was featured on The Larry O’Connor Show as a kick-off for Tax Day 2021. The two started by discussing...
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Coalition Letter Opposes H.R.3 to Protect American Patients
Conservative leaders and free market advocates representing associations across the country sent a letter to Leader Schumer, Speaker...
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86% of Seniors want Rebate Reform According to Polling by CFE
The Center for a Free Economy commissioned a poll by McLaughlin Associates of 1000 likely voters over the age of 65. We found that 86...
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Three simple rules for Congress in the new COVID-19 relief bill
By: Ryan Ellis Congress is usually not very good at basic lessons of economics. In fact, simple arithmetic is usually challenging for...
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Don’t let private health insurance be a coronavirus victim
By: Ryan Ellis No one will know until final reports are in, but our best guess at the moment is that about 36 million people have lost...
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Don’t bail out Big Insurance in coronavirus legislation
By: Ryan Ellis Millions of people have found a simultaneously grim yet welcome surprise in their mailboxes of late: rebate checks from...
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Coalition Letter Opposing Denial Of Intellectual Property Rights Of COVID-Fighting Innovators
By: Carrie Lukas May 7, 2020 Dear Member of Congress: We write to express strong opposition to the idea several Democratic lawmakers...
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Coalition Urges Transparency To Address Surprise Medical Billing
By: Gracie-Marie Turner Surprise medical bills and drug costs are dominating the health care agenda on Capitol Hill, but it is a huge...
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Trump’s socialist drug-pricing proposal remains on ice. It should stay that way
By: Ryan Ellis When President Trump delivered his annual State of the Union address in early February, there was a universal expectation...
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Conservative Groups Urge Trump and Congress Not to Adopt Price Controls to Reform Healthcare
The Center for a Free Economy, along with 75 other conservative groups, this week sent a letter to Congressional Republicans urging them...
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75 Conservative Groups Urge Congress Not to Adopt Price Controls to Reform Healthcare
The Center for a Free Economy, along with 75 other conservative groups, this week sent a letter to Congressional Republicans urging them...
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House conservatives offer seniors better healthcare options with nothing taken away
By: Ryan Ellis An emerging axiom in politics is that the political party that is trying to take healthcare choices away from people...
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A healthcare tax cut for seniors every politician should love
By: Ryan Ellis When it comes to any issue, especially healthcare, there is very little bipartisan commonsense cooperation in Washington...
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3 easy ways for conservatives to improve health savings accounts
By Ryan Ellis The White House this week is hosting a listening session with conservatives on “Building Great Healthcare in America.”...
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