National Health Care? We’re Halfway There

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 5, 2006

New York Times article highlights that fact that almost half of all Americans are covered by government health care (through Medicare, Medicaid and related program, and government employee’s health…

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Increasing Dependence on Government

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 4, 2006

In a new report, the 2006 Index of Dependency, the Heritage Foundation concludes that Americans are growing increasingly dependent on government in the areas of housing, health care, education,…

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‘Moderate,’ from a liberal’s perspective

  • December 3, 2006

Dimitri Vassilaros of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reminds us of how those who fought for Independence and against slavery and for women’s suffrage were not moderates, but “extremists”. But that’s…

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Kid’s coverage shortfalls

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 1, 2006

Stateline.org reports that many states Children’s Health Insurance Programs (S-CHIP) face multi-million dollar shortfalls, and hope that the federal government will bail them out. The article notes that states…

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Can 600 economists all be wrong?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 1, 2006

Greg Mankiw blogs on some economists “support” for a minimum wage increase. Some economists see the “modest benefits” outweighing the “modest adverse affects”. But unlike Governor Rendell and his…

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Ousted legislators’ nest eggs

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 1, 2006

Tracie Mauriello of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette advises “Don’t feel badly for state Rep. Mike Veon just because voters booted him out of office. … he’ll have free health insurance…

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