After Obamacare: Myths & Facts

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 27, 2017

Will people lose insurance? Will hospitals lose money? Are jobs going to be lost?  The truth of Obamacare repeal is more optimistic. …

Commentary

Health Care

Policy Points: After ObamaCare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 13, 2017

Obamacare increased the number of people holding insurance cards but failed to increase access to quality and affordable health services. It’s time to put patients, not government bureaucrats, in charge…

Fact Sheet

Health Care

4 Obamacare Failures & How to Fix Them

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 19, 2017

For almost seven years the benefits of Obamacare have been exaggerated and the costs severely underestimated. As repeal efforts gain momentum, many are understandably uncomfortable about another dramatic shift in…

Media

Public Union Democracy

Prevailing Wage Reform in Pennsylvania

• April 1, 2015

Pennsylvania’s Prevailing Wage Law was enacted in 1961, mandating that state and local governments pay construction contractors wages that “prevail” in each region on projects costing $25,000 or more. This…

Fact Sheet

Taxes & Economy

The Harmful Effects of a Minimum Wage Increase

• April 7, 2014

In his 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama proposed increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. Although it sounds beneficial to low-wage workers, minimum wage…

Fact Sheet

Education

Approaches to Property Tax Reform

• Nathan Benefield
• September 24, 2012

Testimony of Nathan A. Benefield to the Pennsylvania House Select Committee on Property Tax Reform Good morning, my name is Nathan Benefield; I am the director of policy analysis for…

Testimony

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Fork in the Road on Transportation Spending

• Nathan Benefield
• March 14, 2012

Motorists frustrated with high gas prices should be on the alert—your pain at the pump could get worse, and it has nothing to do with Middle East tensions or gas…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Report Finds Pennsylvania Welfare System Unsustainable, Hurting Poor

• February 16, 2012

The Commonwealth Foundation released today an alarming new report on Pennsylvania public welfare that finds widespread abuse of tax dollars, with spending growing faster than the economy and exceeding education…

Press Release

Public Union Democracy

Pennsylvania’s Prevailing Wage Law

• February 14, 2012

Pennsylvania's Prevailing Wage Law was enacted in 1961 to protect construction workers from out-of-state competition, mandating that contractors pay the wages that "prevail" in each region on all government construction…

Fact Sheet