Yes, they're "optimistic right now" but they stand right ready to be pessimistic, for sure! Does she have any actual evidence that the small and mid-sized businesses she claims to be worried about are suffering because of Trump's tariffs? No worries about higher taxes on them.

Re 6/18/24 headline in WSJ: Corporate Tax Rate Spurse Political Battle. Biden wants to raise rate to 28%, some GOP want cut to 15%. My thought: consider ways to tie reduced corporate rate to higher wages, especially low-income people.

A federal district court in Texas permanently threw out a lawsuit brought by air ambulance companies against Health Care Service Corp. for failing to pay awards from a No Surprises Act independent dispute resolution proceeding. ( https://t.co/ycgSbNFybj via @BloombergLaw)

Health plans obligated to pay reasonable costs for workers’ care are grappling with wide price ranges in newly disclosed hospital data, which shows some employers pay thousands of dollars more for the same services in the same facility. ( https://t.co/G743IpkERA via @BloombergLaw)

A insurance industry report finding that patients haven’t continued pricey weight-loss drugs long enough to reap their benefits could make employers less likely to cover them. ( https://t.co/u5mezHT7au via @BloombergLaw)

Oklahoma asked the US Supreme Court to review an appeals court’s decision invalidating parts of a state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers. ( https://t.co/VQvukLLO7h via @BloombergLaw)

A new test embedded in Biden administration mental health parity rule proposals has caused trepidation within the health-care industry that common techniques used to control costs for employee health plans could soon be eliminated. ( https://t.co/h1E5ynWKfk via @BloombergLaw)

Enforcement relief will be extended for insurers and health plans to calculate qualifying payment amounts used to resolve arbitration under the No Surprises Act, the Biden administration said Wednesday. ( https://t.co/3oGVeazwQ1 via @BloombergLaw)

Fees charged for health savings accounts“often eat away at the benefits that Congress intended to provide,” according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. ( https://t.co/UnMMKcEsjo via @BloombergLaw)

The US Department of Labor has rescinded a Trump-era rule that made it easier for small businesses and self-employed people to use cheaper association health plans that don’t comply with all the requirements of the Affordable Care Act. ( https://t.co/jjf07jishp via @BloombergLaw)

The White House has completed its review of a final rule governing who can use association health plans, which have been touted by small businesses and the self-employed as a cheaper alternative to other employer-sponsored plans. ( https://t.co/u4IlI0GSi5 via @BloombergLaw)

Health care providers are winning 77% of payment disputes under the No Surprises Act, which raises questions about whether the 2021 law is truly reducing health care costs, according to a Department of Heath and Human Services official. ( https://t.co/ol3T69UG5X via @BloombergLaw)

Out-of-network use of mental health providers for US patients was many times higher than use for medical and surgical treatment, according to a new study that signals mental health benefits parity is still far from a reality. ( https://t.co/aOMumPLQJK via @BloombergLaw)

Pharmacy benefit managers should be required to act as fiduciaries acting in the interest of health-plan beneficiaries in providing benefits and paying plan expenses, a House subcommittee was told Tuesday. ( https://t.co/rKtfYR1PTs via @BloombergLaw)

The growing tension between state law and federal preemption over regulating drug benefits will be high on lawmakers’ agenda at an upcoming House hearing on strengthening the Employee Retirement Income Security Act as the law turns 50. ( https://t.co/jrNVmoN1iw via @BloombergLaw)

The Commonwealth Fund said it is starting a task force along with academics and former government officials to examine changes needed to improve employer-sponsored health insurance nationally. ( https://t.co/8DJ73qenQY via @BloombergLaw)

Medicare coverage of Novo Nordisk A/S’s blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy for heart disease is putting even more pressure on employers to cover the pricey drug that some are finding unaffordable. ( https://t.co/LfenUsE3uC via @BloombergLaw)

Employers that directly pay their employees’ health claims are increasingly pegging the prices to Medicare to rein in out-of-control costs, though in some cases hospital systems are pushing back by balance-billing the plan participants. ( https://t.co/sGNXfPBCBy via @BloombergLaw)

The No Surprises Act, which aims to protect patients from costly surprise medical bills, is becoming “an unmitigated disaster for employers,” according to the head a major industry group for employer-sponsored health plans. ( https://t.co/1gMMhjcLGW via @BloombergLaw)

Employer groups and health insurance brokers are pushing to get legislation that would streamline Obamacare reporting requirements added into a budget package Congress is working on passing by March 22. ( https://t.co/pJaF0RgrWQ via @BloombergLaw)