Strong patent protections are essential to preserving America's leadership in innovation, investment, and technological advancement. The Center for a Free Economy (CFE) recently submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary supporting S. 1546, the "Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025," legislation that would replace court-imposed patent eligibility standards with clear statutory rules established by Congress. CFE argues that the bill would restore gr

America continues to produce more new millionaires than any other country in the world, offering fresh evidence that economic growth and opportunity remain widely available. While critics often argue that the middle class is disappearing because Americans are falling behind, long-term income data suggest a different trend. A growing share of households have moved into higher income brackets, reflecting rising prosperity rather than widespread economic decline. According to th

Millions of Americans purchasing health insurance through the Obamacare exchanges could face another year of double-digit premium increases. While those headlines focus on the cost of coverage, they overlook who ultimately pays for much of those increases. Obamacare's subsidy structure protects many exchange enrollees from rising premiums by shifting most of the added cost to taxpayers. As benchmark premiums rise, federal premium tax credits rise with them. Instead of reducin

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) continues to lose billions of taxpayer dollars to improper payments despite years of reform efforts. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), SNAP made $10.1 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2025, representing 10.6 percent of all benefits distributed. More than $8.8 billion resulted from overpayments, meaning recipients received more assistance than program rules permitted. The latest figures a

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an investigation into a tax exempt hospital that advertised childbirth services near the U.S.-Mexico border just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. With the Court reaffirming that children born on U.S. soil generally acquire U.S. citizenship under the 14th Amendment, Mission Regional Medical Center's campaign encouraging expectant mothers from Mexico to give birt

Conventional wisdom often suggests that cutting income tax rates inevitably reduces government revenue. Montana's experience tells a different story. After steadily lowering its top individual income tax rate from 11.0 percent in the 1980s to 5.4 percent today, the state has experienced substantial growth in income tax collections. Rather than shrinking the tax base, Montana's reforms appear to have strengthened it by encouraging greater economic activity. Lower Rates, Higher

Tax-exempt hospitals receive billions of dollars in federal, state, and local tax benefits each year in exchange for serving charitable missions. Too often, however, some large nonprofit hospital systems have used that privileged status to expand revenues, enrich executives, and exploit government programs while providing taxpayers with little transparency about how those tax subsidies are used. The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means recently approved H.R. 9504, the Tax E

The Center for a Free Economy (CFE) submitted the following comments for the record to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the agency's proposed rulemaking on Medicaid reimbursement reform. The Center for a Free Economy (CFE) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule regarding Medicaid managed care State Directed Payments (SDPs) and Medicaid fee-for-service targeted payment policie

Tariffs have raised prices for consumers, increased costs for businesses, and offset part of the economic benefit of H.R. 1, the Working Families Tax Cuts. The Trump Administration now has an opportunity to correct course by pairing targeted tariff relief with the law’s strongest pro-growth provisions. The new U.S.-China Board of Trade is a useful start. According to Skadden, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking public input on roughly $30 billion in Chinese