Health Care

Medicaid Expansion Myths and Facts

April 2, 2013

For our fiscal health, and the health of families, we desperately need the flexibility to allow state officials to design a solution that fits the needs of Pennsylvanians-not an…

Fact Sheet

Regulation

A Privatization Conversation

March 27, 2013

Today we held our second Google Hangout broadcast and discussed the latest on liquor store privatization, including: What happened last week in the House, how social media activism was used…

Media

Regulation

Pennsylvania State Budget 2013

March 26, 2013

Governor Corbett's proposed budget of $28.4 billion in general fund spending and $67.6 billion in spending from all funds represents our highest spending levels ever—exceeding years when federal stimulus dollars…

Fact Sheet

Liquor Privatization: Social Impacts

Nathan Benefield
March 25, 2013

The PLCB has a conflict of interest-on the one hand controlling and monitoring alcohol, and on the other, advertising and marketing the sale of alcohol. Government control has not made…

Memo

Health Care

Medicaid “Free Lunch” Nauseates Lawmakers

Nathan Benefield
March 4, 2013

Following news that Gov. Corbett was going to meet with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, and rumors he might reverse his opposition to expanding…

Media

Health Care

No “Free Lunch” with Medicaid Expansion

Nathan Benefield
February 28, 2013

If I offered you a "free lunch" every day for the rest of your life, you'd take it, right? Oh, but there are a few strings attached. The lunch may…

Commentary

Education

Education: America’s New Civil Right

February 26, 2013

Education can and should be America's newest civil rights issue. Today, too many schools are failing too many children. The system is broken, and access to a quality…

Commentary

Liquor Privatization: Just the Facts

February 9, 2013

In a recent Delaware County Times webcast on Pennsylvania liquor store privatization, on which I was a panelist, there was a great deal of information thrown into the mix which may have…

Commentary

Health Care

Affordable Care Act: Costs to Pennsylvanians

February 4, 2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—often dubbed "Obamacare"—will cost Americans $1.2 trillion from 2012 to 2022 according to the Congressional Budget Office. These projections do not account for the…

Fact Sheet