Blog Roundup

• November 11, 2010

Here are some recent posts found on the free market blogosphere: The Allegheny Institute laughs at Pittsburgh’s new budget. The reason states will drop Medicaid is explained by…

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Health Care

A Free Market in Health Care?!?

• Nathan Benefield
• November 1, 2010

A commenter on our latest Policy Points on Health Care Reform describes health care as “the free market, unregulated situation at the time the Act was passed.” I’m not…

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Beware of Looming Medicaid Increases

• October 26, 2010

A recent article by the National Center for Policy Analysis showed why states are going to be bankrupted by the Medicaid provisions of the Patient Protection and…

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Health Care

More Side Effects of Obamacare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 18, 2010

Every day it seems we are hearing more bad news about the effects of the new health care reform law. From rising premiums to narrowing coverage, the side effects…

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Health Care

ObamaCare will Dramatically Increase Medicaid Costs in PA

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 6, 2010

A reader asked us what kind of effect ObamaCare would have on Medicaid costs in Pennsylvania. We’ve put together some numbers, and it’s not pretty. First of all, even without…

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Taxes & Economy

Immigration Verification and Welfare Fraud

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• October 6, 2010

Thank you for allowing the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a non-partisan educational institute based in Harrisburg, to submit written testimony concerning HB 1359, which would require proof of…

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Health Care

PA Medicaid Enrollment Reaches All-Time High

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 23, 2010

One in six Pennsylvanians are now eligible for Medicaid or Medical Assistance, thanks to the economic downturn and generous eligibility standards. The Post-Gazette reports 2.2 million individuals now rely…

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Taxes & Economy

Speech Pathologist Goes On Taxpayer-Funded Spending Spree

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 23, 2010

The Daily Review reports that Towanda Speech Pathologist Peter Ferrulli admitted to submitting false Medicaid claims totaling more than $365,000. Ferrulli routinely double-billed the program, and used the extra…

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State Budget

“Across the Board” Budget Cuts are Lazy Policy

• Nathan Benefield
• August 18, 2010

Gov. Rendell announced that to balance the Pennsylvania state budget — after getting $250 million less from Congress than predicted — he would be ordering cuts of 1.9% “across-the-board,”…

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