President of @CFEconomy. IRS Enrolled Agent. Tax lobbyist. Go @patriots. Words in @NRO, @WSJ, @DCExaminer. DM is open. Unconfirmable by United States Senate.
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For those who follow me, please also follow @CFEconomy, which I am president of. You can find all my activity there.
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Inflation isn’t back. It never really left.
Since 2007, the Fed’s balance sheet and federal debt have exploded while CPI, PPI, and PCE steadily climbed.
The latest energy shock may get headlines, but Washington’s monetary and fiscal excesses fuel inflation.
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
Jun 12
Although all of Obamacare should still be repealed, it's long past time to repeal this particularly wasteful portion of it. And now there's a bill that would do that: thehill.com/opinion/healthca… @GovWaste
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President Trump has highlighted a longstanding problem: foreign governments suppress drug prices while American patients shoulder a disproportionate share of global pharmaceutical R&D costs.
H.R. 4780, the USTRx Act, would help address that imbalance through trade policy.
Congress should pass it.
#CFE #HealthPolicy #TradePolicy
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
A program built to help vulnerable patients is being hijacked by large hospital systems pocketing billions.
340B has grown to $80B with little accountability.
Proud to support the Trump admin's Rebate Model Pilot Program to strengthen oversight & program integrity.
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This is great news. Foreign countries impose government price controls on U.S. Rx drugs.
They pay less and Americans consequently have to pay more to fully fund next generation R&D cures.
The foreign freeloading price controls have to stop. It’s an unfair restraint of trade.
Jun 10
For years, foreign nations have benefited from American pharmaceutical R&D while refusing to pay their fair share.
@RepArrington, @RepNicole and I led 48 members of Congress to call on @USTradeRep and @howardlutnick to combat these harmful policies. buchanan.house.gov/2026/06/1…
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
Jun 10
As a pharmacist, I understand how critical the 340B program is to rural and community hospitals - when it’s working properly.
@HRSAgov’s proposed rebate model pilot is a great step toward improving transparency, cracking down on abuse, and ensuring 340B discounts reach the entities and patients who need them most.
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A new report from @Paragon_Inst finds Obamacare enrollment now exceeds eligible populations in 28 states.
The report estimates 6.2 million improper enrollees in 2026, only a modest improvement from 2025.
Florida alone has more than 3 million low-income exchange enrollees despite an eligible population of about 636,000.
#Obamacare #HealthcarePolicy #CFE
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
Jun 10
America can’t win the AI race by subsidizing 20th-century copper phone lines.
While China is pouring billions into next-gen tech, America wastes billions of dollars a year propping up ancient copper networks that serve just ~3% of households.
America needs to modernize our phone infrastructure quickly!
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Good thing they are paying higher tariff prices, though.
Jun 10
In inflation-adjusted terms, workers have now seen *zero* wage gains since Trump returned to office -- the surge in prices over the past few months has wiped out all of the real wage gains made in the first year of Trump's second term.
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
Jun 9
There's a third factor: Rising benefits, even after adjusting for inflation. In 1990, a 2-earner middle-income couple received about $44,000 in annual benefits. In 2026, a middle-income couple gets $60,000. By 2050, $86,000. /2
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
Jun 9
As a % of all children, enrollment of kids in Medicaid and CHIP is up, using a reasonable starting point.
A reasonable starting point must be before the pandemic, when Medicaid rolls exploded.
So, the entire premise of @JoanAlker1 & others is wrong.
paragoninstitute.org/paragon…
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We have an overspending problem, not an undertaxing problem.
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Waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid benefit bad actors at a steep cost to the truly vulnerable and hard-working Americans.
New York offers a prime example: hundreds of millions of Medicaid dollars intended to improve nursing home care were diverted to union benefit funds.
Medicaid dollars should improve patient care—not subsidize union benefit funds or finance political advocacy.
CMS should investigate.
Learn more: t2m.io/LK9X0rk
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
Jun 8
Congress is considering a 150-page bill to regulate college sports, from TV schedules to conference realignment to rivalry games.
The last thing college sports need is federal micromanagement.
committeetounleashprosperity…
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
Jun 9
The Faster Labor Contracts Act would replace negotiation with federal arbitration in just 4 months.
This would give big labor enormous negotiating power over employers.
Why are unions running the House legislative agenda?
dcjournal.com/why-would-any-…
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Jun 9
New tariff polling: Only 10 percent of U.S. adults say tariffs on foreign goods should be increased compared to 47 percent who say they should be decreased.
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
Jun 9
.@SenateGOP and @POTUS delivered the Working Families Tax Cuts so Americans could keep more of their hard-earned money. It’s working.
We need to keep going: keep getting government out of the way, grow jobs, and protect the American dream.
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Fun fact: anyone subject to the Medicaid community benefit requirements who earns at least $580 per month is automatically deemed compliant.
That’s 20 hours per week x $7.25 federal minimum wage. If you live in one of the many states with a higher min. wage, the hours are fewer.
Jun 4
A new HHS economist study finds Medicaid work requirements could raise family income by $12,034 and reduce poverty by 1.6 to 2.9 million.
Evidence echoes the 1990s reform era: linking benefits to work increases earnings, mobility, and reduces poverty.
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For example, in my state of Virginia, a Medicaid recipient would only need to work 46 hours PER MONTH. That number will decline as the Virginia minimum wage phases up to $15 per hour. At that point, only 39 hours are needed. And down from there as the minimum inflation indexes.
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Ryan Ellis retweeted
House Majority Leader @SteveScalise is the latest conservative voice raising concerns about the Senate's "Protect College Sports Act."
The bill would give the FCC authority over media rights deals, invite more lawsuits, micromanage schedules, dictate revenue-sharing rules, and expand federal control over college athletics.
Many conservatives support the SCORE Act's limited framework. S. 4668 goes much further.
#CFE #CollegeSports #CollegeFootball
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