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Friday, April 25, 2008A New Institute in LouisianaBy John LaPlanteFiled As: GeneralOne benefit of attending events such as the Resource Bank meeting is the chance to meet people who are toiling away in the freedom movement. Last night I met Kevin Kane, who will head ... more »»
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Friday, April 25, 2008Greetings from AtlantaBy John LaPlanteFiled As: GeneralThe past couple of days I've been in Atlanta, at the 31st-annual Resource Bank meeting, held by the Heritage Foundation. The official description of the event is that it "gathers more than 500 think tank executives, public ... more »»
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Thursday, April 24, 2008We're all State Employees NowBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareThe Connecticut Legislature is debating an unusual way of helping small businesses obtain health insurance--make them state employees. Actually, the proposal by Rep. Chris Donovan isn't to put small business employees on the payroll, but to let them ... more »»
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Friday, April 25, 2008Heading to a Disaster in ConnecticutBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareAfter I wrote a blog entry about a proposal in the Connecticut House to herd small business owners into health insurance plans for state employees, Linda Gorman (see the comments in the link above) noted a similarity to "Kentucky Kare," whose chief ... more »»
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Thursday, April 24, 2008Has Your Local Public School Flunked?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)How is your public school district doing? Probably not as well as you think. A new movie, "Flunked," compares the performance of the American public school system with those of other nations and finds it wanting. Desperately. Fortunately, it also finds some schools that are doing well, ... more »»
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Thursday, April 24, 2008No-Audit Medicaid?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareWelfare-rights activists are calling on Mississippi to drop a requirement that people on Medicaid have the face-to-face interview requirement. Currently, the interview is required for certifying that the ... more »»
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Thursday, April 24, 2008HSA Assets up 60% in One YearBy Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CareHow popular are health savings accounts? Consider this. In a market where health insurance costs continue to rise for employers, more companies are turning to high-deductible health plans ... more »»
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Thursday, April 24, 2008An Advance for School ChoiceBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Louisiana is the latest state to enact some measure of school choice. A bill signed into law in March lets parents take a tax deduction on half of the money they spend on private school tuition, up to $10,000. more »»
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008Making Up Medicaid CutsBy Linda GormanFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareIf Families USA were a newspaper, it would be a supermarket tabloid carrying articles about alien abductions. Its latest campaign is a series of press releases screaming that states will lose thousands of jobs and zillions of dollars due to the Bush Administration Medicaid cuts. Local newspapers in ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008True Stimulus: Eliminate New Mexico’s Personal Income TaxBy Kurt T. WeberFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Rio Grande Foundation has proposed an economic stimulus plan for New Mexico: the elimination of that state’s personal income tax. A recent RGF report outlines a specific, four-year plan for doing so. more »»
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