State Medicaid Costs Continue to Outpace Education and Other Vital Services

By Kevin Mooney

12/19/2011

Medicaid costs continued to rise in 2011, consuming a greater percentage of overall state spending. This was a result of federal stimulus money, heightened health care expenses and increased enrollment.

TAGS: Louisiana, national association of state budget officers, ObamaCare, Rep. John Fleming, Stimulus

Unelected Board Could Impose Medicare Cuts Without Congressional Approval

By Kevin Mooney

09/08/2011

Unelected bureaucrats could be empowered with unchecked authority to set rates for Medicare reimbursement and block access to prescription drugs, a new lawsuit against ObamaCare warns.

TAGS: Arizona, Diane Cohen, Goldwater Institute, Independent Payment Advisory Board, ObamaCare, patient protection and affordable care act, Rep. John Fleming

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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