April 1, 2011
Friday Facts: April 1st, 2011
It’s Friday! Quotations – Today is April Fool’s Day. Or, As Will Rogers put it, “The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.” Taxes and spending – Sunday […]
Topic: Medicaid
March 30, 2011
Healing Health Care Policy in Georgia
By Benita M. Dodd After a historic three days of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, the fate of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act known as […]
March 18, 2011
Friday Facts: March 18th, 2011
It’s Friday! Quotations – “The best thing we can do for democracy in the world, in my view now, is get our own fiscal house in order. If we don’t do […]
March 4, 2011
Friday Facts: March 4th, 2011
It’s Friday! – What can you do to help the Foundation celebrate its 20th birthday in 2011? E-mail to share how you can highlight the Foundation’s “20 For 20,” campaign. Will you recommend […]
February 28, 2011
The Worst Health Care Plan in the Nation? Medicaid
"Medicaid is arguably the worst health care program in the country," says Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner. "Recipients are promised a long list of benefits, but doctors who participate in […]
February 9, 2011
Grace-Marie Turner Discusses Market-Oriented State Health Care Reforms
Grace-Marie Turner, president and founder of the Galen Institute, appeared with Rep. Tom Price at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation's February Policy Luncheon Briefing, to discuss health care reform. She […]
February 3, 2011
New Study Shows Medicaid Expansion Could Outstrip Georgia’s Primary Care Capacity
Georgia ranks second in a new study by the The New England Journal of Medicine on the challenges of serving Obamacare’s dramatically increased Medicaid population. "Eight states – Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, […]
February 1, 2011
Poor, elderly and disabled could benefit if health care law overturned
Who will be hurt the most by the health reform legislation Congress passed last year? The most vulnerable segments of society: the poor, the elderly and the disabled, according to Dr. […]
January 28, 2011
Friday Facts: January 28th, 2011
It’s Friday! – What can you do to help the Foundation celebrate its 20th birthday in 2011? E-mail to share how you can highlight the Foundation’s “20 For 20,” campaign. Will you recommend […]
January 26, 2011
A Federal Spending Freeze is Not Enough
According to the US Debt Clock web site, our unfunded liabilities are now well over $100 trillion, which dwarfs the "official" national debt of $14 trillion. President Obama called for […]
January 21, 2011
Friday Facts: January 21st, 2011
It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love the Forum. This interactive community is a series of issue-oriented blogs where you can find breaking […]
January 19, 2011
Repeal Vote Should Start Focus on New Ideas
To be intellectually honest, when you support a tax cut, you also need to be prepared to reduce spending. Along these same lines, the House needs to stand ready to […]
January 14, 2011
Rhode Island Leads the Way in Medicaid Reform
In 2009, the State of Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to receive block grant funding for Medicaid. Since then, they have saved money without reducing eligibility. […]
December 17, 2010
Friday Facts: December 17th, 2010
It’s Friday! What’s happening at the Foundation – This week, the Foundation joined national leaders and several state-based think tanks in announcing the Right on Crime initiative. The initiative proposes six principles to […]
December 17, 2010
Reform lacking in Feds’ Medicaid Vision
By Nina Owcharenko Recent coverage of the proposals offered by President Obama’s debt commission managed to gloss over a huge issue that is adding to the nation’s deficit – Medicaid. The impact […]
December 3, 2010
Redistribution of Health Care Dollars Hurts Seniors
By Ronald E. Bachman One of the most controversial parts of the new federal health care law is the redistribution of funding from Medicare to other programs. If […]
November 3, 2010
Repeal or Replace? How About New Ideas?
Health care needs reform and the American people have now clearly indicated what passed Congress last year is not what they want. Rather than gridlock, let's try to find better […]
October 11, 2010
Friday Facts: October 22nd, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “There is no good reason to think the [Federal Communications Commission] should engineer electronic devices and interfaces based on its own views about what technologies and […]
September 3, 2010
Friday Facts: September 3rd, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under […]
August 6, 2010
Friday Facts: August 6th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “The great variable in the federal balance sheet has been spending, not revenue. Debt comes from spending more than you have, not from having too little. Does anyone […]
April 23, 2010
Health Care: From ‘No Way’ to ‘Now What?’
By Ronald E. Bachman In polls and elections, a majority of Americans said “No!” to federal health care legislation, but it passed anyway. Most still want it repealed, but the […]
April 16, 2010
Long-Term Budget Reality Requires Bold Innovation
By Kelly McCutchen With state revenues finally ending their freefall and a balanced budget working its way through the House, it’s reasonable to expect the job will be easier […]
April 9, 2010
New Center Brings a Dose of Budget Reality to Georgia
By Benita M. Dodd Years of research by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation have yielded a sad truth: If free market academics are few and far between in Georgia, free […]
March 19, 2010
Budget Task Force Recommends Slate of State Efficiencies
By Mike Klein Fewer state government employees, lower salaries, reduced benefit packages and a possible sales tax increase on “selected services” are among about four dozen proposals that a state […]
February 26, 2010
Ten Easy Reforms to Cover Preexisting Conditions
By John C. Goodman Most current proposals for dealing with the problems of preexisting conditions would completely divorce health insurance premiums from expected health care costs. Yet a policy of […]
February 5, 2010
Shifting the Health Care Debate from Irate to Ideas
By Ronald E. Bachman Americans are clearly angry about the policies and politics of Washington, D.C., and the Tea Party movement has led the way, uniting the silent majority and […]
January 29, 2010
Smokes and Mirrors in Resolving Budget Woes
By E. Frank Stephenson The General Assembly convened this year facing the daunting challenge of closing a billion-dollar budget hole, partly caused by the slumping economy and the consequent decrease […]
December 4, 2009
Redistributing Wealth Through Health ‘Reform’
By Ronald Bachman It turns out that “Joe the Plumber” gave us the real insight to the ultimate goals of the Obama presidency and the current Congress: redistribution of wealth. […]
November 6, 2009
Short-Term Uninsurance: the Problem No One Is Trying to Solve
By John C. Goodman According to Politico, the White House is trotting out some new arguments lately, including pushing a report from the Treasury Department that tries to make clear that […]
October 16, 2009
Ten Things to Look for in Health Care Reform
By Kelly McCutchen Disguised as “reform,” numerous health care proposals are finding support. The result is a mishmash of plans that do little to improve access, quality or cost. There […]
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