Essential Benefits Are… Essential
The ACA repeal effort failed in the House on Thursday. But it will be voted on today. And the...
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Health care must be provided communally
This piece originally ran in Newsworks on January 26, 2017. You can find the original here. Every once in...
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New Report Confirms Assumptions About PA Coverage Losses Under GOP Health Care Plan
A new study from the Center for America Progress estimates that 970,000 fewer Pennsylvanians will have health insurance if...
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Response to Governor Wolf’s 2017-18 Budget Proposal
Marc Stier, director of the PA Budget and Policy Center, responds to Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address and his...
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PBPC on CBO Score for GOP Healthcare Plan
Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, made the following statement following the release of the...
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Analysis of Effects of House GOP Health Care Plan on Pennsylvania
The following is an analysis of how the recently-released House GOP proposal, the “American Health Care Act,” would affect...
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Early Returns Look Good in Philadelphia’s Nation-leading Fight for a Soda Tax
I wasn’t surprised by the substantial revenues that the soda tax is bringing in, even while there is some...
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What ACA Repeal Means in Pennsylvania
We have seen politics in America take strange turns in the last few years, turns that often seem to...
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OP-ED: Combine spending restraint with new revenue
This piece originally appeared in the Erie Times-News, December 28, 2016. Pennsylvania has been struggling with persistent budget deficits...
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Two Approaches to the State Budget
It’s becoming more and more rare to see serious attempts on the part of newspapers (and their virtual counterparts)...
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OP-ED: Is this the year Pa. resolves its perennial budget crisis?
This piece originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, December 28, 2016. Many of us who write about budget politics...
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OP-ED: The rich can take the hit – to fix the budget, they should pay their fair share
This piece originally appeared on Pennlive, December 23, 2016. You remember how Lucille Ball would work her way into...
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