4+ hour, 16+ min ago   (503+ words) Three Democratic senators have accused the credit-rating company Equifax of price gouging states for a service many will use to comply with the new work requirements for Medicaid and food assistance passed by Republicans in Congress last year. In a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (339+ words) Suzanne P. Clark is president and chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In America's 250th year, the country is teetering between two economic futures. One path involves greater government intervention in the economy, the other a recommitment to free markets. Each…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (737+ words) Five health insurance executives appeared before congressional committees on Thursday and faced a barrage of angry questions from Republicans and Democrats, who found bipartisan agreement that their constituents were being crushed by rising U.S. health care costs. Members of the committee…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (895+ words) When Congress allowed the expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire at the end of December, my monthly health insurance bill went up by about $200 a month. That's a good chunk of the $25,000 I expect to earn, after business expenses,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (673+ words) President Donald Trump has been channeling public anger over health care costs in recent weeks, pillorying "money sucking" insurers and alleging that "BIG, BAD Insurance Companies" have been "ripping off the public for years." Following in his tracks, a Congressional…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1118+ words) In the final days of 2025, some of California's wealthiest residents began cutting ties with the state by buying new homes and relocating business offices to Nevada, Texas or Florida. The reason? The possibility of a new tax on California billionaires....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1337+ words) California has billionaires on the brain. Last week union activists, hoisting giant cutouts of money bags and a cigar-smoking boss, announced a proposal to raise Los Angeles city taxes on companies with "overpaid" chief executives. They rallied in front of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (282+ words) California has a lot of billionaires, more than any other state and more than most countries. So a proposed wealth tax on its billionaires could be a windfall, if they stick around. Under the Billionaire Tax Act, California residents worth…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (892+ words) Government at all levels is basically broke, especially in blue states." Government leaders" chief solution to this poverty seems generally to involve extracting more money from the citizenry." But where does the money they"ve already extracted go? Based on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (572+ words) A proposed wealth tax aimed at billionaires hasn't yet qualified for California's ballot, but it's already sparked intense pushback from tech founders in the state. It started when the New York Times reported that venture capitalist Peter Thiel and Google…...