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Opinion: More Americans are forced to pay Obamacare taxes
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Opinion: More Americans are forced to pay Obamacare taxes

Obamacare's Medicare payroll tax ensnared 7 million filers by 2022, up from 2. 8 million in 2013.

May 26, 2026

Opinion: Build Back Better ‘Light; passes the U.S. Senate – What it actually means for Americans
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Opinion: Build Back Better ‘Light; passes the U.S. Senate – What it actually means for Americans

Dr. Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center states ‘the Democrats had no mandate from the American public to pass this disaster. ’

Aug 8, 2022

Opinion: Washington state hospitals are in financial trouble – blame the government
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Opinion: Washington state hospitals are in financial trouble – blame the government

Dr. Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center discusses a report by the Washington State Hospital Association indicates virtually every hospital in the state is in financial trouble.

Jul 25, 2022

Opinion: Are prescription drug prices going up or down?
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Opinion: Are prescription drug prices going up or down?

Opinion: Are prescription drug prices going up or down?

Mar 23, 2022

Opinion: Comprehensive research finds that lockdowns don’t work
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Opinion: Comprehensive research finds that lockdowns don’t work

Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center writes that instead of targeting specific groups and using available data, government officials responded to the crisis by using irrational measures that…

Feb 3, 2022

Opinion: Single-payer health care dies in California, yet again
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Opinion: Single-payer health care dies in California, yet again

Officials in Washington state continue to slog toward a 2026 deadline for a state-based, single-payer health care system.

Feb 1, 2022

Opinion: Another attempt at a state-based single-payer health care system
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Opinion: Another attempt at a state-based single-payer health care system

Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center discusses the belief of state Democrats that a single-payer health care system is viable.

Jan 13, 2022

Opinion: The Democrat Playbook — Be disingenuous on the timeline for entitlement legislation
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Opinion: The Democrat Playbook — Be disingenuous on the timeline for entitlement legislation

Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center shares that the bill, as passed by the U. S. House and sent to the Senate, would allegedly cost somewhere between $1. 5 trillion to $2 trillion.

Dec 16, 2021

Opinion: High income earners already pay their ‘fair share’
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Opinion: High income earners already pay their ‘fair share’

Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center takes a look at the actual numbers in order to see who pays what in income taxes in the United States.

Oct 21, 2021

Opinion: Another failure of the Medicaid Entitlement
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Opinion: Another failure of the Medicaid Entitlement

Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center provides what he believes is evidence of another failure of the government health care safety net

Sep 13, 2021

Opinion: Health care spending in the $3.5 trillion welfare package
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Opinion: Health care spending in the $3.5 trillion welfare package

Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center believes the impact would be as consequential as Roosevelt’s New Deal and Johnson’s Great Society.

Sep 1, 2021