The Budget End Game, Revenue Options to Fund Priorities
The General Assembly is in the final stages of negotiating the budget for Fiscal Year 2007”Ò08. The House of...
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It Can’t Be Fixed: Policy and Politics in the Republican Health Care Bill
The Republican approach to repealing and replacing the ACA and drastically reducing the size of the Medicaid program can’t...
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PRESS MEMO: Revenue Options to Finish the 2017-18 Budget
Since 2010, Pennsylvania has consistently enacted budgets that, instead of being paid for by current revenues, borrow from the...
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It’s Time for a Real Severance Tax in Pennsylvania
Legislators on both sides of the aisle, and Governor Wolf, all made proposals in 2017 to enact severance taxes...
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PRESS MEMO: New Estimates of the Loss of Federal Funding to Pennsylvania from the Senate Health Care Bill
The Manatt Health Group and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have released a study on the impact of the Senate...
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PRESS MEMO: Why Editorial Boards Should Weigh in on Pennsylvania Needs for a Real Severance Tax Now
Since the late 2000s, Pennsylvania editorial boards have weighed in periodically on Pennsylvania’s need to enact a “real” severance...
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PRESS MEMO: The Effects of U.S. Senate Health Care Bill on Pennsylvania
In this press memo, we share the effects of the U.S. Senate health care bill on Pennsylvania, specifically estimating...
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New Proposals Pushed by Senator Toomey Would Hurt Vulnerable Pennsylvanians in Medicaid
Pennsylvania must brace itself for a substantial decrease in federal Medicaid payments that would devastate our state budget and...
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ED BOARD MEMO: Federal Budget Proposal Would Blow Nearly $700 Million Hole in PA Budget by Shifting Food Assistance Costs
President Trump’s budget would make deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps,...
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At Students’ Expense: Rising Costs Threaten Pennsylvania Public Universities’ Role in Upward Mobility
Deep cuts in state funding coupled with living expenses on campus that have risen faster than tuition are threatening...
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Devastation, Death, and Deficits: The Impact of ACA Repeal on Pennsylvania
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 is one of the most important pieces of domestic legislation enacted since the...
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Pennsylvania Higher Education at a Crossroads: To Boost Opportunity and Growth, Pennsylvania Needs to Invest in Higher Education
Our previous two briefs on higher education documented the importance of public universities to upward mobility in Pennsylvania and...
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