Health Care

Obamacare’s Broken Promises Leave Pennsylvanians Looking for Solutions

• October 14, 2014

Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Obamacare’s Broken Promises Leave Pennsylvanians Looking for Solutions Healthcare Solutions Week Highlights Genuine Fixes Last year’s disastrous Obamacare rollout had serious consequences. Here…

Press Release

Education

PFT/AFT: Politics Before Health Care

• Matthew Brouillette
• October 7, 2014

The recent decision by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC) to cancel the school district’s contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT)—and require teachers to pay up to 13…

Media

Health Care

Solving Health Care Without Obamacare Headaches

• Nathan Benefield
• September 23, 2014

Montana’s Rib and Chop House in the Pittsburgh area is taking an innovative approach to providing health care coverage to employees, in spite of Obamacare. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports…

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Health Care

Falling Through the Cracks in Obamacare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 26, 2014

Mark Ferkler is a Delaware County resident in his mid-thirties. He’s healthy, gainfully employed and now, thanks to Obamacare, is newly uninsured. Yes, you read that right — uninsured. Despite…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Podcast: Profiles in Perseverance, Overcoming Poverty

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 25, 2014

Bobbi was struggling. A single mom of two kids, she had a job but no place to live. Thanks to Opportunity House in Reading, Pennsylvania, Bobbi found a home…

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Public Union Democracy

Millions in Special Interest Political Money Floods PA with Taxpayers’ Help

• July 28, 2014

Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Special Interest Groups Inundate PA, Spend Millions on Political Ads at Worker & Taxpayer Expense No Limit on Amount of Union Dues Contributed to…

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Regulation

Stopping the Sinkhole

• May 27, 2014

Evidence from the private sector and some reformed public sector pension programs shows that pension reform is possible and creates significant savings to firms in the private sector and taxpayers…

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Taxes & Economy

Taxes Not Popular in Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• April 10, 2014

Shocker! (Not really). A new Gallup poll finds that the majority of Pennsylvanians—58 percent—think state taxes are too high. Pennsylvania’s polling falls right in line based on our tax…

Media

Doing Teacher Evaluations and Seniority Right

• March 12, 2014

George Parker is a veteran math teacher and former head of the teachers union in Washington, DC. As union president, he spearheaded with then-Chancellor Michelle Rhee reforms removing seniority…

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