Health Care

How Welfare Reforms in the OBBB Protect Pennsylvanians

• June 24, 2025

Summary Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as Food Stamps, were intended to help provide health insurance and food for low-income seniors,…

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Health Care

How to Help Pennsylvanians Prosper with Medicaid and SNAP Reform 

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 1, 2025

Work requirements, strengthening eligibility verification, and prioritizing traditional enrollees will lead to better outcomes. Summary The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid programs are intended to help adults increase…

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State Budget

Almost $2 Billion in Welfare Waste Weeded Out

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 3, 2014

Lottery winners on welfare, millionaires on food stamps and supervisors that turn a blind eye to fraud; these are the stories that drive Pennsylvanians crazy. But the…

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Taxes & Economy

Nearly One Million Found in Out-of-State Welfare Fraud!

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 30, 2012

The facts are starting to get in the way for critics of welfare reform. By reviewing just three months of non-contiguous out-of-state EBT card transactions (November 2011 to January…

Media

Oh, SNAP! Welfare Cheats Sentenced

• March 15, 2012

Weeks ago we published our take on welfare cheats and made the case for reinstating the asset test in order to rid the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Welfare Spending

• February 22, 2012

The FY 2011-12 total operating budget of $63.4 billion, which included $27.1 billion in General Fund spending, represented the first year-to-year reduction in state spending in at least 40 years.

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Welfare

Public Welfare Needs Assistance

• August 21, 2007

Although the 2007-2008 budget controversy is fading from the limelight, the exorbitant spending it authorizes cannot be overlooked. One of the largest portions of state spending is public welfare,…

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