Archive: Ross Marchand
Ross Marchand is a Catalyst Policy Fellow and the director of policy for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. He focuses on a range of issues, ranging from health-care reform to internet regulation to Postal Service-related issues. Ross is an alumnus of the Mercatus Center MA Fellowship at George Mason University, where he received his MA in economics in 2016. He has interned for the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council, analyzing and blogging on a variety of public policy issues.
America’s COVID-19 Vaccine Success Is Just the Start
With the right rules, we can replicate our recent technological successes across the medical field
President Biden Must Avoid Healthcare Policy Pitfalls
Americans need lower healthcare and health insurance prices, that means more competition
The Pandemic Proves U.S. Healthcare Is Underrated
Considering how much strain the system is under, Americans are not dying of COVID-19 at the rate of other nations in the Anglosphere
Future of Democracy Depends on Postal Reform
If elections are going to happen by mail, we need to be more prepared next time
The USPS Needs to Stop Acting Like the CIA
Transparency would save the post office from being aligned with murkier government agencies
SpaceX Is Saving Taxpayer Money
Taxpayers will benefit from the new private space race
Federal Rules Holding Up Lab-Developed COVID-19 Tests
How streamlined regulations could help America react to COVID-19
Localities Must Take the Lead in Reopening America
Beyond Federalism, dynamic problems require dynamic solutions
A Jaded Public Reevaluates the Waco Siege
New generations are becoming critical of seemingly settled official narratives
U.S. Should Fund Worthy Public Health Organizations, Not the WHO
Doctors Without Borders Far More Effective Than International Bureaucrats
Postal Service Could Learn a Thing or Two from Private Shippers’ Pandemic Response
Private shippers seem to have a better handle on keeping their workers and consumers safe from Coronavirus than the USPS.
Time to Reopen the Campgrounds
Camping confers plenty of benefits that can actually help halt the spread of the coronavirus.