Your health care bill is incomprehensible. Congress is stepping in. - POLITICO

Despite the fuzzy math, the fact that the issue has bridged people as far apart as Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has inspired lawmakers to run with it. Sponsors of the bills hope the issue will form the centerpiece of a new law Congress can pass during the lame duck session once the political pressure of the midterms has lifted...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/26/health-care-price-transparency-insurers-hospitals-01011835

 

Elon Musk's Massive Financial Consequences REVEALED As Trump Lies Collapse

Elon Musk's devastating financial costs for his unhinged government takeover are revealed as Trump's lies over cost savings fall apart in distrust, critical aid cuts and a legal nightmare.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkRZtBNbnrc

Locked up in America: new reports hit at costs of incarcerating women

Research shows that reducing sentences for women could save tax dollars with virtually no increase in violent crime…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/incarcerated-women-costs

 

Trump's troop reversals in Europe could cost taxpayers millions, officials say | PBS News

"The question is what additional costs were incurred by deciding to send them back prematurely, changing the arrangements, changing the plan?" said Deni, a former U.S. military adviser and planner who focused on forces in Europe...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-troop-reversals-in-europe-could-cost-taxpayers-millions-officials-say

Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge by 5 million as costs spike, analysis shows | PBS News

The projected drop-off, much starker than initial federal data suggested, reveals how rising health costs, in part due to the Jan. 1 expiration of subsidies that had helped the vast majority of enrollees pay for their coverage, are forcing Americans to make tough decisions mid-year about whether to keep or go without health coverage...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/affordable-care-act-enrollment-projected-to-plunge-by-5-million-as-costs-spike-analysis-shows

 

Ship operators fears fuel shortages as Iran war squeezes supply | PBS News

Fuel shortages drive consumer costs…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/ship-operators-fears-fuel-shortages-as-iran-war-squeezes-supply

 

Trump's 'Golden Dome' estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than initially said | PBS News

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-OR, who requested the estimate from the CBO, said in response to the report that the missile defense project is "nothing more than a massive giveaway to defense contractors paid for entirely by working Americans." 

Last May, the president said the Golden Dome would cost $175 billion. The CBO last year estimated that just the space-based components of the Golden Dome could cost as much as $542 billion over the next 20 years...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trumps-golden-dome-estimated-to-cost-1-2-trillion-far-more-than-initially-said

Taxpayers might pay millions more to fight wildfires as jet fuel skyrockets

Last year, those planes burned through about $50 million worth of jet fuel. Every fire season is different, but if this year is the same as last season, that fuel bill would almost double to nearly $100 million. That's because the price of jet fuel has skyrocketed since the war in Iran began in late February. Ultimately, taxpayers will be the ones to shell out tens of millions of dollars more to fight summer wildfires this year...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5775794/fuel-costs-iran-war-wildfires

"A great deal of immaturity": Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. on Hegseth's testimony

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rr2gPxe1558

Zeldin, Flustered by Elementary Math, Dodges Senator Whitehouse's Questions

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKh53Po8OXc

Pentagon official: Iran war has cost $25B - POLITICO

The Iran war has already cost the Pentagon $25 billion, a top Defense Department official said Wednesday, providing the first official price tag for a U.S. military campaign with little public support that has stretched two months...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/hegseth-iran-war-cost-00898174

What did ICE deployments cost American cities? : NPR

What unifies these ICE actions is they were all sustained over several weeks, in communities where local law enforcement isn't authorized to assist with federal immigration efforts. Still, these deployments resulted in knock-on effects that required the use of local police to bring about or preserve order. 

Police overtime surged as departments were forced to deploy officers for demonstrations, extra patrols, security around federal facilities and emergency responses tied to the raids — often at overtime pay rates...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/24/nx-s1-5739701/ice-surge-trump-finance-cost-cities 

 

Michigan lawmakers push legislation they say will make water more affordable

"Every human being needs water to live, yet across our state, more and more Michiganders are struggling to pay the bills," Chang continued. She said water rates are rising in many rural, urban, and suburban communities across the state…

https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-03-20/michigan-lawmakers-push-legislation-they-say-will-make-water-more-affordable

30 Days of US Healthcare: Co-insurance

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n9B-Mw58z9M

 

Why are healthcare costs so high in the United States? #healthcare

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FJLSr0SBG60

 

‘Pay for your own power’: Shapiro digs in on data center energy costs - POLITICO

"Pay for your own power, so it's not saddling local businesses or homeowners with higher costs," Shapiro said in an interview with POLITICO earlier this month from a union hall in Philadelphia…https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/shapiro-tests-democrats-data-center-strategy-00767682 

Doge cuts cost US taxpayers $10bn to cover workers’ paid leave, analysis finds

The Trump administration "wasted" $10bn on paid leave, or paying workers to stay home, as part of the "department of government efficiency's" assault on the federal workforce, a new analysis by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) estimates...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/doge-taxpayer-costs-federal-workers

 

Republicans aim to exempt major polluters from Pfas cleanup costs

Utilities and state agencies typically have the power to order polluters to stop discharging Pfas into the sewer system, and the process is not difficult, advocates say. In Michigan, regulators in 2018 developed a successful program to identify companies that were a major source PFOA and PFOS discharges, then require them to reduce the levels of the chemicals they spit into the sewer. 

 "Utilities have complete control over the pipes and they don't have to allow industry to do this," said Emily Donovan, co-founder of Clean Cape Fear, a citizens group that formed in Wilmington, North Carolina in response to widespread Pfas pollution in the region... 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/24/republicans-pfas-cleanup-costs

 

Farmers are in crisis

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Acy5UNmDScQ.

 

US electricity bills increased by 11% in Trump’s second term, data shows

"In effect, you have created a massive cut in energy supply," the senators say...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/31/us-electricity-bills-increased-trump