Biden’s Early Focus: Durable and Attainable Private Insurance
The focus of the nascent Biden administration has been on making private health insurance more durable, not deconstructing it.

The focus of the nascent Biden administration has been on making private health insurance more durable, not deconstructing it.

The Congressional Budget Office just released a comprehensive new report investigating the budgetary effects of a hypothetical increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes and small cigars from, $1.01 to $1.51 in fiscal year 2013. The report’s level of sophistication is unprecedented in its ability to evaluate the effects this change could have. Given…