Health Care

Hawaii drops universal health care for kids, cites “crowd out”

• Nathan Benefield
• October 20, 2008

Hawaii is dropping its “universal” health care program for children, in part because it is too costly (particularly given a budget crunch), but also because of the trend know…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania not only state looking at Constitutional Convention

• Nathan Benefield
• August 19, 2008

Today’s Policies and Principles Luncheon will focus discuss whether Pennsylvania needs to hold a Constitutional Convention (see also Sen. Piccola’s commentary on the need for a Convention on…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Private Prisons Increase Capacity, Save Money, Improve Service

• Nathan Benefield
• October 24, 2007

Good Afternoon, my name is Nathan Benefield, I am the Director of Policy Research with the Commonwealth Foundation, a research and educational organization based in Harrisburg. I would like to…

Testimony

PHEAA’s use of state plane saves money, CEO claims

• Nathan Benefield
• March 5, 2007

Dick Willey argued to the Patriot News that using the state plane to fly PHEAA board members (almost all of whom are state legislators) to retreats across the US…

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Taxes & Economy

Tax Freedom Day in Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• April 24, 2006

Happy Tax Freedom Day, Pennsylvania! If you are looking for a reason to celebrate, you need look no further than Tax Freedom Day.

Commentary

State Budget

CAGW Pig Book: $29 BIllion in Pork in 2006

• Nathan Benefield
• April 6, 2006

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released their annual Pig Book yesterday, which indentifies $29 billion of pork-spending (defined as requests by members of Congress for special projects) in the…

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