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2018 Charitable Giving Dips, as Predicted
A Giving USA report released last week shows that US households’ charitable donations in 2018 experienced the largest decline since the Great Recession. We hate to say we told you so, but we told you so.
MGA’s Alex Brill on CNBC’s Squawk Box
Watch Brill’s latest news clip from his CNBC interview where he discusses raising tax rates on the rich.
If Trump Country Soars, Will the President Glide to a Second Term?
“He (Alex Brill) found that 10 states — many of them with large rural populations — broke records in 2019 by hitting their lowest unemployment rates in history: Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Wisconsin.”
MGA’s Paper on State Opioid Taxes is Referenced on The WasteWatcher blog
“Matrix Global Advisors pointed out where the focus on fighting opioids needs to be. Approximately 36 percent of people that are misusing painkillers get their drugs from doctors.”
Healthcare Pubs Cite MGA Analysis of Proposed Rule to Restrict Drug Rebates
This week, two healthcare publications referenced MGA’s recent report concerning the HHS OIG proposed rule to restrict drug manufacturer rebates to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
New MGA Analysis Highlights Problems with Proposal to Restrict Drug Manufacturer Rebates
This MGA analysis details concerns with a proposed rule from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General that would restrict drug manufacturer rebates to pharmacy benefit managers in Medicare Part D and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. Not only does the propose rule lack evidence, but it is poorly targeted to achieve its stated goals. I
MGA’s Alex Brill on CNBC’s Squawk Box
The fourth quarter economic reports show less growth than expected. Brill shares his opinion that “things are slowing a little bit around the world and its a little bit of a timing effect between the seasonal issues that we know and the shutdown issues as well.”
Action on Climate Change Should Not Include Creation of New Entitlements
Over the last two years, the United States has scaled back Obama-era climate change policies, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and rolling back climate-related regulations.
Carbon Tax Most Efficient in Tackling Climate Change
It is encouraging to see more and more fellow Republicans shed the reflexive skepticism about climate change that has characterized the GOP for years. Now, Republicans need to offer solutions.
Navigating the Evolving Opioid Crisis: A Conversation with House Committee on Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR)
On February 27, a panel of addiction experts and community leaders joined Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) to discuss the nation’s ongoing efforts to curb opioid misuse and addiction.
Green New Deal Will Stifle Green Energy Innovation, Expert Says
The Washington Free Beacon referenced Alex Brill’s recent op-ed talking about the costs of the proposed Green New Deal.
“AEI resident fellow Alex Brill explained last week that regardless of cost, the unintended consequences of the Green New Deal are “the worst imaginable.”
MGA’a Alex Brill on KSRO
Brill discusses the opioid tax on big pharma in an interview for KSRO stating, “it’s going to result in higher prices for those opioids. But the out-of-pockets costs for the person filling the prescription is likely to remain the same.”
Costs of the Green New Deal
With the government reopened (at least for now), Speaker Nancy Pelosi is poised to begin advancing her party’s policy agenda. High on the list will be the loosely-defined Green New Deal, a federal spending program that will cost $2 trillion, $5.7 trillion, or more, and move the electric power sector to complete reliance on renewable energy sources.
New MGA Paper Details Downsides of Prescription Opioid Tax
In a new paper sponsored by Women In Government, MGA examines why a proposed tax on prescription opioids would be ineffective and details the unintended consequences of this policy.
Clients’ Charitable Giving Slumps Following Trump’s Tax Code Changes, Market Volatility
““We find that the law will reduce charitable giving by 4% to $17.2 billion in 2018 according to a static model and $16.3 billion assuming a modest boost to growth,” Brill writes in the paper.”
- Alex Brill Featured in Axios
- The Disparate State Impacts and Enormous Cost of a Gas Tax Holiday
- ‘Facing the Future’: Alex Brill discusses tax code and budget challenges
- 2026 Portman Center Symposium: Building an Achievable Fiscal Policy
- Senator Booker’s Costly Standard Deduction Proposal Would Reduce Charitable Giving
- FDA Continues to Expedite Biosimilar Development
- Diminishing Returns from the Government’s Drug Negotiation Program
- Would Senate Passage of an ACA Tax Credit Extension Matter?
- MGA Brief Examines State and Federal PBM Mandates
- FDA Moves to Facilitate Biosimilar Development
