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Sec. Kennedy Calls for Price Transparency
January 13, 2026 by Staff
In a video yesterday, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy asked the key question: Why do patients often have little or no information about the cost of medical treatment—at least until they get the bills?Pre…
Read More →Are RCV donors done?
January 8, 2026 by Trent England in Elections
Voters can be thankful if some of the biggest donors are moving on from RCV.
Read More →National Popular Vote’s Small Plurality Problem
January 7, 2026 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
The danger of not having a runoff is that the winner might be someone with very modest support.
Read More →An Easy Fix for Government
December 15, 2025 by Trent England
Congress doesn’t work, the debt is out of control, and trust in our institutions is crumbling.
Read More →Lincoln and “America 250”
November 19, 2025 by Trent England
Next year is our nation’s 250th birthday. But why? The Revolution did not begin, nor end, in July of 1776.
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Hidden 340B subsidies finally drawing scrutiny
November 6, 2025 by Trent England
Healthcare policy is a tangled mess of federal and state programs, mostly well intentioned but often contradictory or even counterproductive.
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Government hurts healthcare
November 5, 2025 by Trent England
As mentioned in a recent post, Save Our States is expanding to take on a few new issues.
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Will New Yorkers vote to align local and federal election dates?
November 3, 2025 by Harry Roth in Elections
New York City’s municipal elections will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. While early voting numbers are up due to the polarizing nature of the mayoral race, low turnout is always a concern.
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