“Large nonprofit hospital systems have exploited taxpayer subsidies and regulatory loopholes while failing to deliver the public benefit they promise.”

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“Large nonprofit hospital systems have exploited taxpayer subsidies and regulatory loopholes while failing to deliver the public benefit they promise.”
For exceptional achievement in ignoring market realities and promoting policies that backfire spectacularly.
Tara Jaramillo’s payday lending scheme didn’t happen despite New Mexico’s interest rate cap: it happened because of it, with a little help from Fred Nathan and the price-fixing crusaders at Think New Mexico.
The veto of Alaska’s SB 39 preserves critical credit access for underserved consumers and rejects the failed model of rate caps seen in New Mexico and Illinois.
How government price controls created an illicit supply of emergency credit.
The Access Granted report exposes how chambers of commerce falsely labeled legitimate data aggregation as phishing to distract from their own failure to secure publicly accessible member directories.
A visiting European delegation through Global Ties discussed how regional think tanks like SPPI influence U.S. foreign policy.
The coalition urges the CFTC to cut red tape on prediction markets and embrace permissionless innovation.
The victory guarantees access to public vehicle data to investigate the impact of EV mandates on vulnerable communities.
How comparison shopping tools and lead generators revolutionize consumer access to products and services.