Obamacare Premiums Are Down in 2020
Oh hey, look at this: Nearly three years into President Trump’s aggressive efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act, prices…will actually drop next year, and the number of insurers offering plans will go up. Here it is in chart form: Not bad.
Is WeWork Even Worth $8 Billion?
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts via ZUMA The WeWork saga is nearing an end: SoftBank Group Corp. won approval from WeWork’s board to take control of the troubled co-working startup, in a deal that would hand co-founder Adam Neumann nearly $1.7 billion and sever most of his ties with the company….The deal is expected to value…
Independents Are Repulsed By Donald Trump’s Conduct
PRRI released the results of a new poll recently, and they always have something interesting to noodle over. You can read the full results here, but here’s a sample: Even Republicans, who support Trump by a massive margin, say that his personal conduct makes them less likely to vote for him. More importantly, independents are…
The Opioid Settlement Will Fund Desperate Counties—But Could Come at a Steep Cost
John Moore/Getty Just hours before a high-profile federal opioid trial was to begin in Cleveland on Monday morning, drug companies reached a $260 million settlement deal with Ohio’s Summit and Cuyahoga counties. The two counties are bellwether plaintiffs—test cases for how the more than 2,700 counties, cities, and tribal lands suing drug companies in the…
Is First-Class Flying Getting Cheaper?
Back when I used to fly a lot, I always wondered why business class seats were so much more expensive than coach. They weren’t twice as expensive, as you’d expect, they were four times, maybe five times as expensive. Why? I don’t fly very much anymore so I don’t care as much. However, a few…
Facebook’s Newest Election Policies Still Leave Trump Free to Lie
om Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press On Monday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the unusual step of personally announcing the removal of four manipulation campaigns from the company’s platforms. During a call announcing elections-related policy changes, Facebook said the operations, three of which originated in Iran and the other from Russia, targeted the…