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Congress: Cut the theatrics and drive down US health care costs – letter to the WaPost Related CCSE article: Obama Signs Bipartisan Bill To Speed Miracle Cures to Market. But Who Will…

Thanks to the Richmond Times-Dispatch for publishing this column: New governor prioritizing ‘affordability’ should push reforming Va.’s regressive tax code – Karl Polzer “…It will take some time for the new governor…

Congress still has time to stabilize health exchange costs and affordability – Karl Polzer/Center on Capital & Social Equity How states are responding to expired ACA subsidies – Becker’s Payer Report

Beware of Republicans bearing cash! Substituting Cash for Health Insurance Can Drive Up Costs, Medical Bankruptcy – Karl Polzer/CCSE Not! (for now) Senate GOP health care plan fails on mostly party-line vote…

Why Substituting Cash for Insurance Can Drive Up Both Total Costs and Individual Medical + Financial Risk – Statement to US Senate Finance Committee Submitted to Finance Committee Hearing: “The Rising Cost…

Congress must stabilize exchange premiums now – then overhaul the bloated, cruel US health financing ‘system’ – Karl Polzer/CCSE

“Understanding Inequality” – a seven-part series by CUNY Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality scholar Paul Krugman

A ‘conservative/progressive’ path to negotiating Social Security solvency: Bend the cost curve, grow revenue, and protect low earners – Karl Polzer/IQInk Updated Oct. 8, 2025 “This paper presents options – some favored…

Thanks to The Hill for running our oped: Trump went too far on tariffs — the Supreme Court can give him a political out – Karl Polzer/The Hill CCSE analysis

Judge says Trump administration ‘used antisemitism as a smokescreen’ against Harvard – USA Today Trump Administration’s Cuts to Harvard Funding Are Unconstitutional, Judge Rules – msn/WSJ CCSE correspondence with Harvard President Garber…