Why surprise billing legislation broke down, and how the coronavirus outbreak makes this unforgivable—and potentially deadly.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
How Amazon Uses Lending to Control Small Businesses
The nature of the Amazon marketplace makes it virtually impossible for third-party sellers to borrow from private banks. Amazon’s own lending unit has filled the gap.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Behind the Coronavirus Threat, a Middleman Destroying Prescription Drug Markets
Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) have driven many of the generic drug manufacturers out of business, and pushed those remaining to locate factories in China, ground zero for the epidemic.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Richard Neal Is Number One in Corporate PAC Donations
Neal, who chairs the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, got money from PACs of several corporations that had negative effective tax rates in 2018.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Q&A: ‘Amazon Empire’ Director on the World’s Richest Man and His Mega-Company
James Jacoby, one of the filmmakers behind a PBS Frontline documentary, discusses Amazon’s bid for economic transformation.
Posted inPolitics
The Battle for the Democratic Party Runs Through South Texas
A primary challenge to a conservative Democrat now pits an array of national progressive organizations against the Chamber of Commerce and the Koch network.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The D.C. Media Blob and the Trade Group Speaking Circuit
Anchors, commentators, and contributors at the top broadcast and cable news organizations will be featured—and highly paid—speakers at major industry conferences this spring.
Posted inWorking in America
When Nurses Strike—and Get Locked Out
Workers stage a job action at a major Seattle hospital to win better patient care—and their temp replacements may not even be credentialed.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
D.C.’s Professional Left Flocks to Google Policy Conference
Scores of center-left think tanks, consumer, civil rights, and human rights groups attend a summit at Google headquarters, which critics term ‘soft capture.’
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Attempted Corporate Takeover of .Org
A shady private equity transaction could open up nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations to financial exploitation, and threats to their security and privacy.
