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General Waste

General Waste

The IRS Continues to Send Checks to Ghosts

01/26/2021 Cody Leach

Almost 1.1 million payments worth $1.4 billion had been paid to dead people. 

Appropriations, Budget, General Waste, Healthcare, Oversight, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager, State Issues, Taxes

Taxpayer Alert – A Massive Stimulus Spending Spree Is Being Unleashed

01/16/2021 Thomas Schatz

President-elect Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 “relief” and “stimulus” proposal will unleash a massive spending spree that will waste tens of billions of dollars and fail to stimulate the economy.

Appropriations, Budget, Commerce, Energy, Environment, General Waste, Healthcare, Oversight, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager, Privacy, State Issues, Taxes, Technology, Telecommunications

Top 21 Issues for States in 2021

12/16/2020 Frances Floresca

As states prepare for their legislative sessions, CAGW suggests states should focus on these 21 critical issues. 

Big Government, Biopharmaceuticals, CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Medicare, Medicare/aid, Obamacare, Pharmaceuticals

Bad Policies Are Being Proposed by HHS Secretary Nominee Xavier Becerra

12/12/2020 Elizabeth Wright

The first clue that Joe Biden, the presumptive 46th President of the United States, was choosing someone he did not know well as his nominee for secretary of HHS was when he mispronounced his name and incorrectly named the agency he would direct.

Appropriations, Budget, Defense, General Waste, Oversight

Critical Waste Issues for Defense Authorization Conferees

12/01/2020 Deborah Collier

Congress is currently negotiating the final bill language for the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.  

General Waste, State Issues, Taxes

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Proves Once Again He Is the Worst Mayor Ever

11/04/2020 Frances Floresca

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio continues to ask for bailouts for the city, despite irresponsible spending before and during the pandemic. 

CMS, General Waste, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare/aid

Bidencare: A Straight Line to Government-Run Healthcare

10/28/2020 Elizabeth Wright

Former Vice President Biden argued in his recent debate with President Trump that he does not want “Medicare for All” but wants “Bidencare” where a public option would be added to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).  But that’s a straight line to government-run healthcare.

Agriculture, Budget, General Waste, Housing

Time to Review and Reduce Duplicative Housing Programs

10/22/2020 Deborah Collier

On October 22, 2020, the Senate Budget Committee released a report highlighting overlap and duplication in federal housing programs.

General Waste, Regulations, Technology, Telecommunications

House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Report Is Anti-Competitive

10/08/2020 Thomas Schatz

The House Judiciary Committee Majority Staff Report on Competition in Digital Markets is anti-competitive and a waste of the taxpayers’ money.

Defense, General Waste, Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

Pandemic Spending Demonstrates Disconnect in Pentagon’s Priorities

09/25/2020 Sean Kennedy

Pentagon officials used money provided for pandemic preparedness to support local jobs.  This should mark the end of further stimulus funding for the Department of Defense.

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