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March 8, 2017

Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy Obamacare replacement should be called 'Abominable Care'

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews | Media Hit

"In the past week or two, Republicans apparently abandoned actuarial principles — just as Obamacare did," said the Institute for Policy Innovation's Merrill Matthews. "So Democrats included the mandate to have health insurance to keep people from gaming the system. However, it didn't work because the penalties were fairly low."

March 7, 2017

The Problem with Republican Plans to Sell Insurance Across State Lines

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews | Media Hit

“I’ve tried for 10 years to explain this to Republicans; it is a big problem,” said Merrill Matthews, a resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation, which focuses on free-market solutions to policy problems. “Just because a good affordable policy is available in another state doesn’t mean that I would be able to get the network of physicians and the good prices that are available in that other state.”

March 7, 2017

Pharma, Biotech Stocks Fall on Trump Tweets, GOP Health Care Plan

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews | Media Hit

Merrill Matthews, resident scholar at right-leaning think tank the Institute for Policy Innovation, expressed skepticism at the notion that "getting rid of state lines," as Trump puts it, is effective.

March 7, 2017

A California Single-Payer Health Care Plan Would Be Great - For Texas

Passing a single-payer law wouldn't only create a fiscal crisis in California, it might create a political crisis.

March 6, 2017

FCC Should Withdraw Privacy Order, Give FTC Lead Over Internet Privacy

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should reconsider and withdraw its 2016 Privacy Order as an early step in undoing the many mistakes and overreaches made by the agency under its previous Chairman, and allow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take the lead over Internet privacy, said Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) president Tom Giovanetti.

March 6, 2017

Selling Health Insurance Across State Lines

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews | Media Hit

A scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation, which is devoted to promoting free markets and limited government, agreed that “it is a big problem”: “Just because a good affordable policy is available in another state doesn’t mean that I would be able to get the network of physicians and the good prices that are available in that other state.”

March 5, 2017

Both Sides Now, Nonsensically

IPI expert referenced: Merrill Matthews | Media Hit

“The public tends to focus on the total national debt, which just passed the $17 trillion mark — up from $10.6 trillion when President Obama took office,” explained Matthews.

March 2, 2017

Privacy

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti | Media Hit

If Congress passes the Email Privacy Act and sends it to President Donald Trump, it could be an "quick, easy bipartisan victory" for taxpayers and get the new administration and lawmakers off to a "positive" start, said IPI President Tom Giovanetti in an opinion piece in TechCrunch Wednesday.

March 1, 2017

Email Privacy Could Be A Quick Win for Trump and Congress

Congress could chalk up a quick, easy bipartisan victory for taxpayers if both the House and Senate determined to pass the Email Privacy Act as early as possible.

February 27, 2017

Five Cheers For Trump's CPAC Comments On Economic Policy And Tax Reform

President Donald Trump gets five cheers for his economic policy comments made during his speech at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

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