A few weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked a permit for one of the largest mountain-top coal mining projects in the United States. Read more
Because Obamacare will impose a catastrophically expensive expansion of Medicaid dependency on states, governors and state legislators should invest significant effort in crafting and lobbying for waivers similar to Rhode Island’s. Read more
National School Choice Week kicks off on January 23, and California should be leading the country in student-centered, parent-driven reform. In the Golden State, unfortunately, system-centered education prevails, and parents empowered to choose their children’s schools are the exception, not the rule.
The new administration of Jerry Brown faces many challenges, including a tough one that will get worse on July 1, 2011. That's when the federal funds that have propped up California's troubled Medi-Cal system will disappear.
Last month Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli successfully argued that the so-called “individual mandate” in Obamacare was outside congressional competence. Advocates of individual choice in health care cheered a significant victory, but this is not the final judicial word on Obamacare. Read more
Republicans in the Senate have successfully blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act. That is something to celebrate in 2011 because the Act had little to do with fairness. It would have empowered the federal government to regulate compensation and work arrangements in private businesses.
Easy access to Medi-Cal-financed long-term care (LTC) has caused many Californians to put off long-term care planning and rely on publicassistance. The taxpayer price tag for Medi-Cal Long-Term Care was $12.5 billion in 2008 andwill likely increase with the growing population of age-80-plus citizens in the state. Read more
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