The New York Post reports this week that the state of New York is facing a massive budget hole of roughly $6 billion. The biggest cause? Exploding costs in New York’s popular ... Keep Reading
Medicaid
Cooper Peddles Debunked Medicaid Claims
As the state budget impasse continues, Gov. Roy Cooper has held firm in his insistence that any budget he signs must include Medicaid expansion. Part of his advocacy for MedEx ... Keep Reading
A memorial day for those who died from lack of government healthcare?
One of the big phenomenons in our culture today is that everything is being politicized. About five years ago I wrote about how death has even become politicized. This is largely ... Keep Reading
States Need to Stop Falling for the Boondoggle of Medicaid Expansion
By: Jim Anthony and Donald Bryson In every state that has implemented Medicaid expansion, the costs have been substantially above projections. The expansion of Medicaid, a policy ... Keep Reading
Is America facing a watershed moment on healthcare?
“There is nothing new under the sun” is a refrain that is just as true for public policy as life. Serious debates over socialized medicine or single-payer healthcare have occurred ... Keep Reading
No, healthcare capacity will not increase to meet rising demand due to Medicaid expansion
Medicaid expansion advocates claim the state’s healthcare industry will expand in response to greater demand from expansion Evidence from other states tells us otherwise ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion “By the Numbers” Infographic
Source Information [i]As of December 2018. Monthly Medicaid Enrollee Chart ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion: Learning from History
Medicaid began as state/federal program to help the neediest among us. The Obama Administration sought to cover the uninsured by requiring states to expand Medicaid. The Supreme ... Keep Reading
Your Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren are Paying for Medicaid Expansion
At a presidential campaign stop in Indiana in 1968, Robert Kennedy was asked by a medical student who was going to pay for his healthcare proposal for poor people? Kennedy famously ... Keep Reading
NC Legislators Should Reject Medicaid Expansion
North Carolina has been a leader in enacting free-market reforms that are improving people’s lives. Four tax reform packages have reduced the burden of government and simplified ... Keep Reading
