Ali Meyer is a staff writer with the Washington Free Beacon covering
economic issues that expose government waste, fraud, and abuse. Prior
to the Free Beacon, she was a multimedia reporter with CNSNews.com
where her work appeared on outlets such as Drudge Report and Fox News. She also interned with the Heritage Foundation and Pacific
Research Institute. Her Twitter handle is @DJAliMeyer, and her email
address is meyer@freebeacon.com.
Voters are saying health care is a top issue that should be discussed by candidates in the 2018 midterm elections, according to a poll from Kaiser Family Foundation. 
FedEx Corporation has announced that they are investing $3.2 billion in bonuses, wage increases, and benefits due to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. 
Three million Americans are expected to receive bonuses due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, according to a count from Americans for Tax Reform. 
A majority of small business owners, 63.8 percent, believe that President Trump's policies have helped their business, according to a survey from the Job Creators Network. 
Medicaid costs for expansion enrollees increased 20 percent after two and a half years, according to a report from Avalere Health. 
The top half of taxpayers paid more than 97 percent of the total individual income taxes collected in 2015, according to a report from the Tax Foundation. 
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump in December, is projected to push GDP growth higher than previously expected. Growth is forecast to rise to 2.7 percent in 2018, according to a report from the International Monetary Fund. 
Medicaid expansion has enrolled twice as many able-bodied adults as what was originally projected, according to a report from the Foundation for Government Accountability. 
Central Bank of St. Louis, which employs 2,500 individuals, announced it plans to award thousand-dollar bonuses as a result of the tax law signed in December, KMOV reported. 
Forty-one percent of registered voters believe the tax reform bill signed into law in December will help them and their family financially, according to a Marist survey of 1,350 adults. 