Changing the Conversation

• October 15, 2016

The news and information industry is changing rapidly as mobile technology overtakes traditional media platforms. Podcasts have emerged as a popular medium that offers even more flexibility and opportunity for…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Welfare to Work Helped Reduce Poverty

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 22, 2016

Twenty years ago President Clinton signed a law creating Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), better known as sweeping welfare reform grounded in work requirements. In 1996, 531,000 adults and…

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Health Care

Obamacare Premiums Rise, Again

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 28, 2015

Mark your calendars (for disappointment)! On November 1 healthcare.gov will launch its third open enrollment season. Here in Pennsylvania, premiums for the second highest silver plan will climb, on average, by 11…

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Health Care

Obamacare Failing Big Time

• Nathan Benefield
• January 9, 2015

According to John Micek’s reading of a recent Gallup poll on health insurance, Obamacare is “working after all.” In reality, though, Gallup’s findings indicate that the health care overhaul…

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Health Care

New Wave of Obamacare Price Hikes Arrives

• Elizabeth Stelle
• November 17, 2014

Regina Weinhardt handles benefits for her family’s plumbing business in Delaware County. In business since 1962, providing health care to their employees has always been a priority, “My father started…

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The American Dream: Our Stories

• November 4, 2014

Commonwealth Foundation’s Priya Abraham, Tom Bako, and Abhi Samuel share their personal stories of choosing to be Americans and their work today to defend the American Dream for their fellow…

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Public Union Democracy

New Poll: 81% in PA Believe Unionization Should be a Choice

• August 11, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901      New Poll: 81 Percent of Pennsylvanians Support Worker Freedom This is National Employee Freedom Week, Educating Union Employees…

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Health Care

My Obamacare Agony

• Priya Brannick
• June 10, 2014

I thought I was lucky. The last day to sign up for Obamacare had arrived, and I’d managed to purchase a plan on the national Obamacare exchange. I was just…

Commentary

More Americans on food stamps than women working full-time

• April 16, 2014

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