Don’t Sink Medicare Part D With Price Controls: A TCCRI Issue Brief
In the budget battle in Washington, President Obama has advocated eliminating, what he terms, “subsidies to prescription-drug companies.” In fact, they are not subsidies at all. Instead, the President’s proposal would fundamentally change how Medicare’s Prescription Drug Plan works by eliminating the competition that makes this program (officially called Medicare Part D) successful and replace it with government price controls. Unlike Medicaid …
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Let the Wind Production Tax Credit Expire
The Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute has joined a coalition of 64 organizations in urging Congress to let the Wind Production Tax Credit expire. The letter, which was sent to U.S. Senators and Representatives, concludes: It is time to end special tax provisions that distort the energy market and increase energy prices.We urge you to let the wasteful wind PTC …
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