The Dallas Morning News: Growing governments should focus on catching up on basic services before expanding benefits and adding workers, cautions NCPA Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal in a Dallas Morning News article.
Fort Worth Star Telegram: Lawmakers must continue rejecting Medicaid expansion and look for alternative ways to private health insurance, according to a new report by NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick featured in a Fort Worth Star Telegram editorial.
[NCPA]: Bundling Medicaid alongside other safety-net funding into Representative Paul Ryan’s proposed Opportunity Grants would improve outcomes for both dependents and taxpayers, according to a new report by National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow John R. Graham.
In 2014, U.S. Representative Paul Ryan introduced a proposal to consolidate federal antipoverty programs called Expanding Opportunity in America. Ryan’s plan focuses on the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), housing and home-energy assistance, education assistance, food stamps (SNAP) and criminal sentencing reform.
Accuracy In Media: NCPA CEOAllen West explores the ISIS threat to our national security in a Accuracy In Media commentary.
NCPA: Expanding Medicaid eligibility and conforming to one-size-fits-all reforms would come back to bite Texas taxpayers in their wallets, warns National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a new report.
Houston Chronicle: Texas should pursue a private pool of insurance or alternative method that residents support to expand Medicaid coverage, says NCPA Senior FellowDevon Herrick in the Houston Chronicle.
Forbes: Congress needs to clarify the FDA’s authority over emerging health technologies, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) required each state to expand Medicaid eligibility to individuals and families with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level or risk losing federal funding for its entire Medicaid program. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that provision of Obamacare unconstitutional.
Texas Monthly: The ban on plastic bags in Dallas will likely force shoppers to take their business elsewhere and cost shop owners money, according to a report by NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal cited in a Texas Monthly article.