Opioids and Obamacare: What’s the Real Story?
Has Obamacare stemmed the rising overdose death rate from opioids? No, according to the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, the largest single-year increases in the death rate since 1999 occurred after the Obamacare exchanges and Medicaid expansio...
The Opioid Crisis
Deaths from opioids are increasing across the country. Preceding the upcoming hearing on the Economic Aspects of the Opioid Crisis, this analysis briefly examines the history of opioids in the United States.
Weekly Economic Update: June 5 – June 9, 2017
In anticipation of the Thursday hearing on the Economic Aspects of the Opioid Crisis, the Chart of the Week shows the drug overdose mortality rate by county in the United States.
May 2017 Jobs Review
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports a 138,000 gain in nonfarm payroll jobs, of which 147,000 were in the private sector.
Reminder: Obamacare Still Needs to Be Repealed and Replaced
Leading up to CBO’s score of the American Health Care Act, troubling reports about what has occurred in the health insurance landscape continued. There are reports that may not have received the same share of the spotlight as the CBO report.
Weekly Economic Update: May 30 – June 2, 2017
Extrapolating CBO’s economic growth projection from 2007 would bring real GDP to $24.9 trillion in 2027 (2009 dollars); as recently as FY 2014, the Obama Administration projected economic growth that implied $22.9 trillion in 2027 (Obama OMB 2013); the FY 2018 Budget (Trump OMB 2017) aims for $22.7 ...
The Good News and Faulty Assumptions in CBO’s New Analysis of the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
AHCA provides relief from skyrocketing premiums. This year average premiums in the individual insurance market spiked 25% and Obamacare premiums have more than doubled since the exchanges were implemented.
Weekly Economic Update: May 22 – May 26, 2017
The Weekly Economic Update features our Chart of the Week, previews the week ahead, and wraps up the headlines from the previous week.
What We Do Together: The State of Associational Life in America
Today, Americans face a wide variety of challenges in our era of tumultuous transition. We are materially better off in many ways than in the past. But despite this real progress, there is a sense that our social fabric has seen better days. Leading thinkers have issued warnings that we are increasi...
Weekly Economic Update: May 15 – May 19, 2017
This Chart of the Week shows the top recipients of U.S. exported goods. The Chart of the Week is part of the Weekly Economic Update that recaps the previous week and previews the week ahead.
