Tag: Inflation Reduction Act
Healthcare Professionals Can Help Mitigate the Consequences of Government Price Controls
In August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released details around medicine that will be subject to the first round of government price controls—newfound authority originating from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. While the intent to lower costs for patients is...
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Dressing Up His Real Record With Designs on Run for CA Governor
The 2024 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund was released May 6th. Before your eyes glaze over, this report gives us the current financial...
Offshore Wind Energy-Cost and Economic Impacts: Part 2
This is Part II of Offshore Wind Energy: The Cost and Economic Impacts; Part I is here. The Golden State’s electricity prices are the second highest in the country, with only Hawaii’s costs being greater. Contrary to what the public...
Offshore Wind Energy: The Cost and Economic Impacts Part 1
I have been studying the economic effects of Offshore Wind Energy and Renewable Energy over the past year. Contrary to what wind developers, many politicians, and news outlets would have us believe, it is clear that Wind Energy, especially Offshore...
California To Receive $102 Million In Federal Grants For Tree Planting, Green Spaces
The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service announced during the weekend that California is to receive $102.8 million in grants for 43 projects across the state focusing on tree planting and greenspaces, becoming the largest recipient in the total...
AB 1182: Energy Incentives
Assembly Bill 1182 by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Los Angeles) was amended to have the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to also pursue federal energy incentives. AB 1182 would add and repeal Article 10.5 (Section 12100.115) to Chapter 1.6...