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State and Local Health Spending Flat in First Year of Medicaid Expansion
© Getty Images Dr. Dwight Carson, MD, examines David Powell, 63, a medicaid patient enrolled in the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), at the Heart City Health Center on Thursday, June 4, 2015 in Elkhart, Ind. Matt McKillop, an officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts, researches and analyzes the fiscal health of states. Health care spending by […]
Number of Older Prisoners Grows Rapidly, Threatening to Drive Up Prison Health Costs
© Getty Images Aging inmates eat lunch in the dining hall at Devens federal prison in Massachusetts on April 21, 2015. Matt McKillop, an officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts, researches and analyzes the fiscal health of states. Frances McGaffey, a research associate at The Pew Charitable Trusts, researches and analyzes the fiscal health of states and […]
New Data Show Slowdown in State and Local Government Health Spending
iStock Maria Schiff, a director at The Pew Charitable Trusts, researches and analyzes state health care spending. Matt McKillop, an officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts, researches and analyzes the fiscal health of states. For the first time in several years, state and local government health care spending grew relatively slowly in 2013—increasing by 3.2 […]
Health Law Explained: The States Gain New Flexibility in Setting Policies
A linchpin of the 2010 federal health law is the requirement that nearly everyone sign up for a health insurance plan — whether it’s Medicaid, other federally subsidized insurance, or private coverage. To make that easier to do, the law calls on states to set up health insurance exchanges where small businesses and individuals can […]
Pennsylvania’s Successful Mortgage Relief Program Falls to Budget Axe
ThinkStock Five years into a historic downturn in the U.S. housing market, federal and state policy makers have not yet succeeded in turning the tide. The Obama administration’s flagship Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) has assisted far fewer homeowners than expected. Additional efforts, such as the federal Hardest Hit Fund for 18 states suffering from […]
Amazon Gains Upper Hand in South Carolina Tax Break Battle
A war among giant retailers that animated South Carolina politics the past few months has tipped in the direction of one of the most aggressive competitors: Amazon.com. In mid-May, the South Carolina House reversed itself and voted for a tax break aimed at attracting an Amazon distribution center in the town of Cayce, in Lexington […]