Tag: inflation
High prices persist – making life less affordable – and further increases are on the horizon This year’s elections confirmed the hollowness of arguing that low inflation means that Americans are doing fine. Consumers don’t care about inflation; they care about high prices, and they see high prices when they go to the grocery store,…
If providing healthcare to more Americans is the goal, the COVID-era tax credits for people buying insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces have been a big success. Enrollment in ACA policies has doubled to a record 24 million since 2021, when Congress approved the credits, which reduced monthly premiums by hundreds of dollars…
