Policy Reports

Inequities in Texas Telecom Taxation

Telecommunications, cable and wireless service consumers pay a barrage of federal, state and local taxes and fees imposed on these services and their providers. Telecom services are usually taxed like tangible goods and other intangible services, but taxes and fees vary among states and cities. California has the highest state sales tax rate (7.50 percent), while Colorado has the lowest (2.9 percent).

Bob McTeer

Remembering JFK

Forbes: Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer reflects on President Kennedy’s famous “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country” speech.

Pete du Pont

The Great Destroyer

Polls show an increasing majority of Americans dislike President Obama’s health-care law and disapprove of the job the president is doing.

Policy Reports

Can We Put a Price on Nature?

Nature provides a variety of services to mankind. Forests and wetlands, for example, filter pollutants, cleaning the water. Weathering, microbes, and various plants and insects create and enrich the soil. The world’s forests and oceans work as the lungs of the earth, taking in carbon dioxide and emitting oxygen. Undeveloped land provides a variety of recreational opportunities, from hiking, camping and off-road biking to hunting and fishing.

Brief Analyses

Reforming Michigan’s Medicaid Drug Program

Michigan is moving to cover Medicaid enrollees in privately-administered managed care plans. The state should also continue to move enrollees to managed drug plans. Virtually all state Medicaid programs distribute some drugs on a fee-for-service (FFS) basis separately from any health plan. Nearly half of the states carve out and administer drug benefits separately, distributing all Medicaid drugs this way.

Brief Analyses

Reforming Florida’s Medicaid Drug Program

Florida is moving aggressively to cover Medicaid enrollees in privately-administered managed care plans. The state should also continue to move enrollees to managed drug plans. Virtually all state Medicaid programs distribute some drugs on a fee-for-service (FFS) basis separately from any health plan.

Issue Briefs

Reforming Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Drug Program

In order to reduce rising health care costs, many states are forging ahead with plans to move Medicaid enrollees into managed care plans. Pennsylvania has been more aggressive than most states, enrolling more than 80 percent of Medicaid participants in managed care.1 Pennsylvania is also integrating Medicaid drug benefits with enrollees’ health plans rather than carving out drug benefits and administering them separately on a fee-for-service basis.