Health Care

Medicaid Expansion: The Price was Wrong

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 6, 2013

Governor Corbett made the right call yesterday when he decided to recommend against expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania. Here is my letter to the editor to the Philadelphia Inquirer explaining…

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State Budget

Federal Funds Aren’t “Free”

• Nathan Benefield
• November 20, 2012

There’s no such thing as a free lunch—meaning everything in life, including government programs, must be paid for.  Unfortunately, many advocates of government health insurance expansion explain the Affordable…

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Taxes & Economy

SNAP Back to Reality, Senators

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 24, 2012

Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Senate Democrats’ Twitter, @PaSenateDems, comes some high-stakes rhetoric during a Capitol press conference today. In reaction to the Pa. Department of Public Welfare’s decision to reapply…

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Education

A Word on Hellholes

• Charles Mitchell
• December 8, 2011

As I got in the car yesterday to begin a very long drive home from Pike County, I learned of a letter Sen. Vincent Hughes had sent requesting that I…

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Hughes’ Views Confused

• December 8, 2011

Late last night, Sen. Vincent Hughes released to the media a public admonishment of the Commonwealth Foundation and our Vice-President and CEO Charles Mitchell.

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Education

Hughes’ Boos a Ruse

• December 7, 2011

In the absence of facts and any plausible excuse for poor performance, it’s always a good time to attack the messenger.  As if on cue, this well-worn strategy was trotted…

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