Health Care

Will Mandatory Health Insurance Work?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 6, 2006

NCPA Analysis of Health Insurance Mandates, such as the new Massachusetts law and proposals discussed at recent hearings in Pennsylvania. Bottom line: they won’t work, and they could drive…

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Education

SAT Scores and PA Schools

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 31, 2006

SAT Scores Nationally, scores dropped, primarily attributed to a change in the test format. Pennsylania continues to lag behind, ranking 47th in the nation in average combined SAT score.

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Health Care

Tax Credits for Health Care

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 31, 2006

While Pennsylvania lawmakers discuss mandating universal health care coverage, a Census Bureau report indicates fewer people are receiving health insurance from their employers, and more are paying for…

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Public Union Democracy

Ending Teacher strikes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 30, 2006

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review weighs in on how best to end teacher strikes in PA.

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Regulation

Pa. bureaucracy pursues a love of licensing

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 29, 2006

Read Commonwealth Foundation intern Stephen Albert’s commentary on the regulation of economic freedom in today’s York Dispatch.

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Regulation

The Burden of Over-Regulation

  • August 28, 2006

Summer’s Best Two Weeks (SB2W) is a non-profit summer camp located in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Laurel Mountains for children ages 8 to 18. SB2W counselors have led campers on…

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Taxes & Economy

Transportation Funding Study

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 23, 2006

A PennDot commission released a report on funding for transporation titled “Addressing Pennsylvania’s Transporation Funding Crisis” (they identify a funding “crisis” because of too little taxpayer funding for transportation,…

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Regulation

$13,000 fees for new homes?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 23, 2006

The Patriot News reports on a PA House committee hearing on charging impact fees on new homes – of $13,000 per home – in growing areas. Why would we…

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