Uninsured will grow under RendellCare

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 10, 2007

Pop quiz: The Rendell administration has estimated that 800,000 Pennsylvania adults are currently uninsured. If Governor Rendell’s “Cover All Pennsylvanians” were implemented as designed – costing up to $1.4 billion…

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Political hacks give bad policy advice

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 27, 2007

Dick Morris offers the opinion that President Bush should sign the SCHIP expansion. Why? Because is a smaller version of socialized medicine than “Hillary Care” and will “take the…

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There Are Better Ways to Insure Kids

  • October 18, 2007

Today, Congress plans to try to override President Bush’s veto of the SCHIP expansion. Yesterday, the Democrat-controlled Pennsylvania House of Representatives spent hours debating a resolution to condemn President Bush’s…

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How to Argue against SCHIP

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 17, 2007

While the PA House is currently debating a resolution to encourage members of Congress to override President Bush’s veto of SCHIP (granted, marginally less wasteful of time and resources than…

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SCHIP: The Mad Hatter Matter

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 11, 2007

Ken Blackwell compares those pushing SCHIP expansion to the Mad Hatter of Alice in Wonderland. I, however, think their push to claim anyone who opposes higher taxes on the…

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When the Story’s Got Children, Who Needs Facts?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 4, 2007

Amy Menefee of the Business & Media Institute on what the SCHIP expansion would really do, and the “but its for the kids” media onslaught. (Balanced coverage from…

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SCHIP Articles

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 3, 2007

MSNBC.com article on how richer states are pushing for the SCHIP Expansion. Also Greg Mankiw posts a explanation of Bush’s position on SCHIP – a good overview, but…

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SCHIP Information Center

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 26, 2007

New Website from the NCPA provides a collection of information on the SCHIP program, including recent research, commentary, and blogs.

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Tax Poor to Fund Middle Class

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 25, 2007

NCPA Report on SCHIP Expansion finds that If SCHIP is expanded as Congress now proposes, says the paper, people making under 200 percent of the poverty line…

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