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Dec 2, 2025
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Prior to changes in the ACA (like the individual mandate being repealed), was it overall reducing the deficit? Is the ACA overall still reducing the deficit today?

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and other nonpartisan analyses originally concluded the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would lower deficits overall; CBO estimated repeal would increase deficits by hundre...

Nov 15, 2025
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What are the projected savings of implementing Medicare for All in the US?

Estimates of how much “Medicare for All” would save vary widely: university reviews and advocacy pieces cite annual savings on drug spending of $200–$300 billion and a Yale-linked estimate of more tha...

Nov 10, 2025
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What are the main causes of improper SNAP payments according to government reports?

Government reports and analyses identify as the principal drivers of improper SNAP payments. Recent summaries synthesize that most improper dollars stem from , while intentional fraud or retailer traf...

Dec 14, 2025

Charles Koch influence donations

Charles Koch has redirected at least $5.3 billion of nonvoting Koch Industries stock into two nonprofit vehicles in recent years, including a reported $4.3 billion gift to a newly created 501(c) calle...

Dec 12, 2025

What factors are currently driving inflation and are they expected to persist into 2026?

Inflation in late‑2025 is being driven by a mix of tariff‑related goods-price increases, shelter and medical‑care costs, and lingering services prices — headline CPI ran about 3.0% year‑over‑year in S...

Dec 3, 2025

What were the economic and workforce arguments used to justify the reclassification?

Proponents justified reclassifying contractors as employees primarily on economic grounds that reclassification would expand worker protections and benefits, reduce misclassification-driven tax and wa...

Nov 21, 2025

Which states changed nursing scope-of-practice laws during the Trump administration (2017–2021)?

State-level changes to nursing "scope of practice" (SOP) during 2017–2021 occurred unevenly across the U.S.; several academic studies and policy summaries note that some states loosened NP/APRN restri...

Nov 19, 2025

How did federal fiscal stimulus in 2020–2021 influence inflation trends in 2020 specifically?

Federal fiscal stimulus in 2020 was massive — Congressional and executive actions pushed the federal deficit sharply higher (packages expanded deficits to roughly 13.1% of GDP in 2020) and delivered t...