Health Care Plan Rebates Have Hidden Costs
“Although health insurers will pay some rebates this year, the cash should be treated as a short-term benefit with a long-term cost. Rebates will likely disappear in the future as the companies become more familiar with the regulation and learn how to game it.” Continue reading
Back in the Air Again
The Antiplanner is flying to DC today to participate in a couple of forums. First, at noon on Wednesday, the Antiplanner will join Ryan Avent, Adam Gordon, and Matthew Yglesias in a discussion of The Death and Life of Affordable Housing. If you are in DC, the deadline for signing up for this event is […]
Touring the States at Taxpayer Expense
Secretary of Immobility Ray LaHood, who has announced that he plans to leave office at the end of this year even if Obama is re-elected, is spending his last few months in office taking a tour of the United States. He has recently been to Hawaii (and Guam), and he plans to soon visit Idaho, […]
School Choice News from Indiana and Tennessee Should Brighten Your Monday
Being a Monday and all, I thought you might appreciate a little good news on the school choice front. So let’s head quickly to our nation’s Heartland, first to see my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow’s new offering for School Reform News on the state of Hoosier State’s Choice Scholarship Program:
Scarcely more than a […]
Contra Rep. Amy Stephens, States should reject ObamaCare insurance exchanges
While Colorado Rep. Amy Stephens continues to support the government controlled health insurance exchange she established with SB-200, Michael Cannon at Cato explains why this is a bad idea: Continue reading
In modern politics, the “extremists” are usually those labeling others with that word
A key Democratic Party tactic being used against incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Coffman (R.-Colo.) is to brand him an “extremist.” So what else is new? Politics is fully of incongruities, and the use of the term “extremist” by the Left to tar more conservative opponents is one of the richest. For example, the Left’s current […]
How Can School Choice Best Lead Us to the Greenfield of Effective Innovation?
Once in awhile you read something that makes you really step back and think. In that spirit I commend to you the new Friedman Foundation report The Greenfield School Revolution and School Choice by Greg Forster and James Woodworth. Want to know what I mean? Start off with a statement like this potent summary:
Existing choice […]
No More Taxes for Art
Oregon has a 1 percent for art law requiring that one percent of all state construction funds be spent on art works. But that’s not enough for greedy Oregon artists, so they have proposed that Portland impose a $35 tax on every non-poverty-stricken resident over the age of 17 in the city that would be […]
Welcome to Age 5, Democrats for Education Reform: At Least You’ll Grow Older
I saw an email this morning from Joe Williams, founder and executive director of Democrats for Education Reform. Receiving such a message is not a noteworthy event in and of itself. But the beginning of the message caught my eye:
Five years ago today a bunch of us set out to try to change our party. […]
Many Hospitals, Doctors Offer Cash Discount for Medical Bills
Unknown to most consumers, many hospitals and physicians offer steep discounts for cash-paying patients regardless of income. … if you don’t use your health insurance. Continue reading
Wisconsin Postmortem: More on Teachers, Unions, and Where It’s All Headed
Yesterday I shared some thoughts about the current and coming changes to public education labor relations and the teaching profession. And since Gov. Scott Walker did indeed pull out a convincing win last night in Wisconsin, interest in the topic remains strong.
State Budget Solutions has put together a great brief highlighting why current government […]
Blended Learning Funding Report Featured in School Reform News
A School Reform News story by Heritage Foundation education policy analyst highlighted the Education Policy Center’s new issue paper on modifying Colorado’s K-12 funding system to support more blended learning options. The report’s author was prominently quoted in the story: “Different students have different goals and motivations, and excel or need extra help in different […]
