President Joe Biden
Report: CEOs who pay poorly do fabulously
Ticketmaster isn’t just crappy to its customers and to the musicians for whose shows it manages ticket sales. As a dominant event middleman, it tacks on hefty fees and has the effrontery to call them “convenience charges.” And bands complain that by the time parent company Live Nation Entertainment deducts its many cuts for their […]
New claims aired by GOP of Biden family influence-peddling, but questions remain
U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer and fellow House Republicans on Wednesday used newly unearthed bank records to claim that President Joe Biden’s family members sought to improperly benefit from his vice presidency — though the preliminary findings leave several major questions unanswered. No direct ties to Biden while he served as […]
Biden and congressional leaders fail to reach a debt limit deal, but will meet again Friday
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and top congressional leaders were unable to reach a bipartisan debt limit agreement during a closed-door meeting this week, leaving the dispute unresolved as the country moves closer to a default predicted as soon as early June. White House staff and aides to the four congressional leaders, however, will meet […]
Manufacturers, consumers blast plan to make ratepayers subsidize charging stations
The number of electric vehicles on U.S. roadways is expected to ramp up dramatically in the coming years, and with it the number of charging stations will have to grow as well. Now groups representing Ohio utility consumers and manufacturers are trying to kill a plan that would force ratepayers to finance the electricity infrastructure […]
Economists: Ohio student loan forgiveness might raise tuition, but not inflation
President Joe Biden continues to defer student loan payments as the legality of his plan to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 in student loans is hashed out in court. But if Ohio were to implement its own blanket student loan forgiveness, it might have the ironic effect of incentivizing institutions to raise tuition costs, but would […]
GOP claims to the contrary, Sen. Brown says extra IRS funds will make the rich pay up
The Inflation Reduction Act signed last month by President Joe Biden does some things that poll well with Americans. It attempts to lower the cost of prescription drugs for seniors, it extends health care subsidies for lower-income people and it’s a significant attempt to combat climate change. So in criticizing the bill, many Republicans have […]
New federal law helps many non-Medicare patients, too
The Inflation Reduction Act signed earlier this month by President Joe Biden has gotten lots of attention for provisions intended to reduce climate change, and for ways it will keep down prescription costs for older Americans on Medicare. But perhaps getting less attention is how the act will help keep down health costs for 14.5 […]
Diabetes activists applaud drug reforms, say more needs to be done
Pricing reforms under a sweeping law signed on Tuesday by President Joe Biden are great for diabetics, but much more needs to be done, an activist said Wednesday. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, monthly out-of-pocket insulin costs for Medicare recipients were capped by the law at $35 a month. Together with capping all […]
With inflation, supply-chain kinks, plight of Ohio food banks grows
For millions of Ohioans, world events are making it harder to fill their pantries and refrigerators, an official who helps oversee the state’s food banks said on Wednesday. Those pressures will only increase pantries’ need for state assistance, she said. The coronavirus pandemic had already put pressure on the state’s food banks as demand increased […]
Economists: Cutting Ohio gas tax would be a mistake
A panel of economists overwhelmingly thinks that a proposal to cut Ohio’s gas tax is a bad idea — both because it will sap state funds for infrastructure and because it will take away incentives to conserve energy. In 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine pushed for an increase in the state’s 25-cents-a-gallon gasoline tax and got […]
Vaccine mandates have overwhelming support among Ohio economists
Vaccine mandates in hospitals, long-term care facilities and large companies might be controversial in some circles. But among Ohio economists, support appears to be overwhelming. In fact, according to a survey last week of a 25-member panel of university economists, that support was nearly unanimous. In the face of a surging coronavirus variant, President Joe […]
Despite governor’s claims, Medicaid work requirement adds big burden, expert says
It would be a new regulation on 700,000 of Ohio’s poor, but Gov. Mike DeWine says it wouldn’t impose any additional regulatory burden on them. However, asked to describe the new requirements, the Ohio Department of Medicaid provided a lengthy document that’s full of regulations. DeWine is urging Attorney General Dave Yost, a fellow Republican, […]