06/25/18 Filed in:
SAFE StrategiesLetters to decision-makers should be timely, objective, goal-directed, and concise. Did these four examples measure up? Read More...Tags: fiscal problem, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Balanced Budget Amendment, term limits, Convention of State Action, Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force, Parkland Florida shooting, assualt weapons ban, offshore wind working group
06/18/18 Filed in:
EnergyClaims re the affordability of Bloom fuel cell power seem inconsistent with real world experience in Delaware.
Read More...Tags: solid oxide fuel cells, iPO, SEC, risk factors, forward-looking statements, data centers, technology companies, contaminated membranes, carbon emissions, combined cycle natural gas, QFCP tariff, electric grid, Newark data center, investment tax credit , hydrogen fuel cells, Rep. Kevin Brady, principal stockholders
06/11/18 Filed in:
SpendingRe the JSC’s review of the budget process, no one has zeroed in on the primary problem: The Senate filibuster rule is being used to slow down the process for partisan advantage. Read More...Tags: Joint Select Committe re budget process, Martha Coven, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Bill Hoagland, Don Wolfensberger, Emily Holubowich, Matt Owens, Maya MacGuineas, Jim Capretta, Bill Dauster, Joe White, smootihing budget process, government shutdowns, debt limit, Rep. Steve Womack , Rep. Nita Lowey, biennial budgeting, budget resolutions, budget proposals, Senate filibuster rule, reconciliation process, Social Security, Medicare, demographic trends, fiscal house of cards, discretionary spending, mandatory spending, US Comptroller General, Gene Dodaro, Major Savings and Reforms, CAGW's Prime Cuts, Mick Mulvaney, Tom Schatz, Michael Tanner
06/04/18 Filed in:
HealthcareThe US healthcare system has deep-rooted problems, the two parties disagree as to solutions, and the situation is deteriorating. The president is pushing for action; will he get it? Read More...Tags: repeal and replace GovCare, legislative outlook, administrative action, American Patients First plan , President Donald Trump, drug price cuts predicted, expansion of Medicaid, qualified individual healthcare insurance, "short-term limited duration" indiviaul coverage, renewal guarantees, Michael Cannon, Alex Azar, pharmacy benefit managters, CVS, doctor/hospital relationship, concierge medical practice, hospital prices, Dr. Marc Siegel
05/28/18 Filed in:
HealthcareThe administration's plan to bring down drug prices seems relatively sensible, as far as it goes, but the promises being made of quick and dramatic results are unrealistic. Read More...Tags: prescription drugs, drug development costs, Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump, Alex Azar, Scott Gottlieb, Seema Verna, Drug Pricing: American Patients First, generic drugs, biologics, biosimilars, foreign free-riding, Medicare Part D, Medicare Part B, out of pocket payments, prescription benefit managers
05/21/18 Filed in:
SpendingThe fiscal problem needs to be attacked more aggressively than it has been in recent years. and we agree with Milton Friedman that there is no chance of success without doing a much better job of controlling government spending. Read More...Tags: president's budge proposal, Mick Mulvaney, Senate Budget Committee, House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office, appropriation bills, Senate filibuster rule, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. David Perdue, President Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Milton Friedman, Peterson Foundation, fiscal summit, Debt matters, Insuffiicent revenues, carbon tax, Erica Werner, Sen. Jeff Flake, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen Bob Corker