State Budget

Wolf’s Policies Send Pennsylvanians Packing

• Nathan Benefield
• February 19, 2016

Last year, we lost one person to another state every 12.5 minutes—a net migration of 41,600 residents, gone. That’s nearly the entire population of York, Gov. Wolf’s hometown. Ironically, Wolf…

Commentary

Health Care

State-Run Health Exchanges: A Terrible Track Record

• James Paul
• May 14, 2015

Governor Wolf is taking a big risk. His administration is preparing a Pennsylvania-operated Obamacare exchange if exchange subsidies from the federal exchange, or healthcare.gov, are ruled illegal by the…

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Public Union Democracy

Why Corbett Missed the National Wave

• Matthew Brouillette
• November 25, 2014

Why did voters strongly reject Gov. Corbett’s re-election bid by double digit margins in favor of Tom Wolf—a candidate promising higher taxes on the “rich” and more spending on public…

Commentary

Healthcare Problems Require Personal Solutions

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 17, 2014

Next month, Obamacare enrollment will start anew. Rather than a solution to an ailing healthcare system, this promises mass confusion, higher prices, and more families looking for help. …

Commentary

Health Care

Protected from Obamacare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 31, 2014

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act promised to provide more affordable and better health care for all. Unfortunately, the law has delivered just the opposite—so much so that President…

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Public Union Democracy

Pennsylvania Next in Union Crosshairs

• Nathan Benefield, Priya Brannick
• January 24, 2014

Government union leaders are ramping up their attack messaging machine in Pennsylvania and planning a rally to bully state lawmakers as they did in Wisconsin and Michigan. But…

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Health Care

Obamacare Glitches or Meaningful Refom

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 10, 2013

The federal Obamacare exchanges opened for business more than a week ago, yet users have been unable to log in (much less get affordable insurance) and hit with…

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Health Care

Obamacare Failure: Goodbye Jobs

• Elizabeth Stelle
• July 12, 2013

Last week, the Obama administration tried to sneak through an Affordable Care Act (ACA) bombshell—the delay of the employer mandate. What does this mean? Basically, it acknowledges that as…

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Health Care

Corbett’s Wise Medicaid Stance

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 30, 2013

While advocates of expanding the welfare state are using new studies to push Gov. Tom Corbett to expand Medicaid, his position of resisting the “free money” argument is wise given…

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