President Trump should encourage growth by cutting government

As an example of the cost of the BAT, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the R Street Institute commissioned a study that found the BAT could contribute to a cost increase of $3.4 billion in Texas’ property-casualty insurance premiums over the next decade from its effect on the reinsurance market.

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