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Is the CFPB Paving the Way for Single-Payer Healthcare Through Medical Debt Reform?

The CFPB’s recent modifications to medical debt reporting may be subtly steering the U.S. toward a single-payer healthcare system by minimizing the visibility of medical debt.

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Breitbart Covers SPPI and IWF Survey Project

In an exciting development for advocates of parental rights and educational transparency, the Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI) and the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) have made national headlines with our recent survey project. Breitbart News, a leading source for conservative news and opinion, has featured our groundbreaking survey, spotlighting the concerns of New Mexico parents […]

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Deseret News: Excessive regulation is fueling a health care crisis in Utah

Recent research has shown that health care consolidations not only lower costs for health care consumers but also improve multiple indicators of quality patient care.

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Washington Times: The high cost of prescription drug price controls

Components of the Inflation Reduction Act have the very real potential of inflating drug prices with arbitrary price controls. Consumers will pay the price.

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New Mexico Extends Medicaid Contracts Amidst Procurement Controversy

The $41,200 Centene Corporation investment in Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s reelection campaign has paid off.

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Paying for Your Golden Years, and Theirs

Local- and state-government employees need a dose of reality.

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SPPI Claims New Mexico Department of Health Failed to Respond to Lawsuit

An improper response to the public records request was followed by an improper response to the lawsuit.

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The Importance of Intellectual Property Protections in Fighting Pandemics

The proposal to extend the IP waiver under the TRIPS Agreement for COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics would worsen the burden on innovators and have disastrous consequences for the American Southwest and the nation.

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Surviving D.C.’s Debt Disaster

Utah’s chances are good — but New Mexico…

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Mental Illness: RxP to the Rescue

The deregulation answer to inadequate access