Nathan Benefield
Nathan Benefield is the Director of Policy Research with the Commonwealth Foundation, an independent, non-profit public policy research and educational institute located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Nathan has researched and written on public policy issues including taxation, government spending, education reform, transportation funding, health care policy, and economic development. Nathan has had editorials featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the Allentown Morning Call, and dozen of other papers across Pennsylvania. Nathan has provided testimony to Pennsylvania House and Senate Committees related to the state budget and transportation funding.
Nathan is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, also earning a masters degree in public service management from DePaul. He is currently working to complete his doctoral dissertation in political science from Loyola University of Chicago.
Nathan is a resident of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008Tax Freedom Day AnnouncedHoliday Can't Keep Up with early Easter By Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Tax Foundation released their annual report on Tax Freedom Day today. The national Tax Freedom day will be April 23 - the number of days it takes for Americans to pay all their federal, state, and local taxes for the ... more »»
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Monday, March 24, 2008State Legislators' Guide to Health InsuranceBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareThe Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) and American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have published a 2008 version of their guide to health insurance solutions, including recommendations and a glossary ... more »»
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Monday, March 10, 2008Pennsylvania plans to cheat MedicaidBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareMichael Cannon writes that the Rendell administration's plan to tax Philly and Pittsburgh hospitals, but give ... more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008Stateline: Socialized Medicine = Fiscally ConservativeBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareStateline.org has an interesting article on health care funding in the states. The headline reads "On health care, govs are tightening belts." Here are some examples of "belt-tightening":
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Monday, February 25, 2008Sermonizing on RendellCarePennsylvania pastors encouraged to preach Governor's message By Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareMorning Call article and Post-Gazette piece on the planned "CAP Sunday" and campaign to use sermons to promote RendellCare. (HT: more »»
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008Rendell Continues Push for "Cover All Pennsylvanians"By Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareIn his budget address, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, continued his push for "Cover All Pennsylvanians" despite bad news on three state health care proposals fundamentally similar to ... more »»
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Monday, February 4, 2008Divergent Paths in Health Care ReformBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareA Wall Street Journal editorial looks at reforming health care through the tax code. That is, giving individuals the same tax benefits in buying health insurance as employers, along with capping the tax benefit for employer-provided ... more »»
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Monday, January 7, 2008State Policy Drives Number of UninsuredBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareA Wall Street Journal article by Tarren Bragdon asks a question:
Why does New York spend more on Medicaid -- a health-care program for the poor -- than every other state but still have a larger portion of its ... more »» |
Wednesday, December 19, 2007Mandates vs. Tax CreditsBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareGreg Mankiw wonders how an individual health insurance mandate tied to a financial penalty for non-compliance is differs from tax credits of equal value for health insurance, in which those without insurance don't ... more »»
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007Biggest factor in rising health costs are the doctors themselvesBy Nathan BenefieldFiled As: Health CareEditorial in Dallas Morning News (by a doctor), details why health care costs to much (in part) - doctors order too many tests.
The two reasons for ... more »»
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