Free Beacon Ali Meyer

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.


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IRS Has Answered Only 15.6 Percent of Calls This Tax Filing Season (Updated)

Audit finds increasing problems with customer service and tax fraud

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63 Percent of Small Businesses Had Outstanding Debt in 2015

Nearly half of small businesses operating at a loss or only breaking even

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Deductibles Skyrocket in 41 States With Some Rising as High as $1,395

Deductibles increased by $265 or 8.4 percent on average

Medicare, Private Insurers Waste $3 Billion on Cancer Drugs That Are Thrown Away

Drug makers sell one-size-fits-all vials which means patients pay more for medicine they don’t receive

Report: Rule Would Cost Middle Class $80 Billion in Lost Savings

Department questions savers’ ability to ‘manage retirement assets on their own’

Federal Reserve Official Forecasts Weak GDP Growth

New York Fed president expresses concern about uncertainty, predicts weak growth

Official: 8 of 11 Remaining Obamacare Co-Ops on the Brink

Agency taking 'corrective action' to keep co-ops afloat

Economy Grows 1 Percent in Fourth Quarter of 2015

Rate was revised from previous estimate of 0.7 percent

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Volunteer Participation Hits Record Low

Twenty-five percent of the population participated in volunteer work, down 0.4 percent since last year