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ReportingJul 2, 2026

Banning ‘Anti-Competitive’ Hospital Contracts May Lower Healthcare Costs Across US, New Report Says

Banning “anti-competitive” hospital contracting practices could help bring down healthcare costs across the U.S., according to a White House Council of Economic Advisers report released Thursday. The CEA’s latest report…

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ReportingMay 16, 2024

Biden Adviser Pressed to Answer Why POTUS Keeps Falsely Claiming Inflation Was 9% When He Took Office

Jared Bernstein, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, was hard-pressed to explain why President Joe Biden continues to misrepresent what the rate of inflation was when he first took office. Biden has…

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ReportingAug 25, 2022

Obama's Chief Economist Shreds Biden's 'Reckless' Student Debt Cancellation: 'Everyone Else Will Pay for This'

The Harvard professor who headed the Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama administration torched President Joe Biden’s student loan debt cancellation on Wednesday, calling it “reckless.” “Everyone else will pay…

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ReportingMay 10, 2022

Watch: Biden Economic Adviser Dodges When Asked if Manchin’s Warning About Spending Was ‘Right’

The chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Cecilia Rouse, is declining to say whether Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was “right” to raise concerns that high levels of federal spending could fuel inflation…

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ReportingMay 24, 2021

Commentary: Biden ‘Ally’ Economist Admits Admin Has Been Wrong on the Disastrous Jobs Report

With allies like Jason Furman, President Joe Biden’s administration hardly needs enemies. Furman, a Harvard economist and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration, hasn’t come out and…

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