King v. Burwell: A Quick Preview
Last month, constitutional law expert Josh Hawley visited with Show-Me Institute supporters to discuss a wide array of health care policy issues....
Constitutional Law Expert Joshua Hawley Weighs in on Obamacare at Policy Forum
Joshua Hawley, a professor of law at the University of Missouri, was gracious enough to join the Show-Me Institute in Columbia...
Tennessee, Wyoming Reject Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion (Again)
Medicaid is back in the news as pushes to implement Obamacare’s expansion in Tennessee and Wyoming came to a head...
Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion as “Job Creator”? Not So Fast
One of the Left’s favorite talking points for why states should expand Medicaid is that doing so will mean more...
Gruber on Arkansas Private Option: “Mathematically Impossible” to Be Budget Neutral
November was a bad month for Obamacare. Over just a few weeks, voters not only handed a series of punishing...
Indebting Missouri’s Children and Expanding Government? That’s Just Wimpy
Although the Popeye the Sailor cartoons were made long before I was born, I was a connoisseur of the VHS...
Missouri’s Medicaid Program Striking Out Intended Beneficiaries
In baseball, getting a hit three out of 10 at-bats could make you an All-Star, and maybe even a Hall of Famer...
Show-Me Now! Courts Weigh Obamacare Subsidies
Two court decisions about the health insurance subsidies provided for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) have...
Show Me Better: Assessing Certificate Of Need In Missouri
One of the most obvious examples of a massive government burden on our health care system is the Affordable Care...
Thank Obamacare: Buchanan County, Mo., Tops List For Insurance Rate Hikes On Men
Last year, Forbes published a story about how much insurance rates were expected to rise across the country because of Obamacare....
Missouri’s Conservatives: Resolved to be Irresolute
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: Winston Churchill chided the British government for inaction at a time of growing...
Medicaid Expansion Push Fails Again; Ditch The Spending And Enact Real Reform
This Wednesday, the Obamacare crowd introduced, and then withdrew, their final attempt at Medicaid expansion in Missouri. That means the...
Show-Me Now! Medicaid Transformation?
In an effort to bring Obamacare to Missouri, legislators in Jefferson City have re-branded the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion...
Inexcusably, Medicaid Expansion Proposal Omits More Than $1 Billion In New State Costs
The leading “Medicaid Transformation” proposal in the Missouri House purports to deliver a Medicaid expansion that effectively makes the state money....
Bad Data, Bad Tech and No Expansion Lead to Fall in Missouri Medicaid Enrollment
After President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Hospital Price Transparency Bill A Bold And Necessary Reform
In the coming days, the Show-Me Institute will release a policy brief about what Missouri can do to improve access,...
Medicaid Expansion Proponents Should Be Faithful To Missouri’s Values
One of the bigger news items this week was the introduction of a Medicaid expansion proposal. Along with instituting some...
Show-Me Forum: Hot Issues for 2014: Missouri Legislature and Healthcare
What can you expect from the Missouri Legislature in the 2014 session? Columbia Tribune Columnist Bob Roper detailed the key...
Let Market Guide Us To Prosperity In ’14
As first appearing in the January 7, 2014, Columbia Daily Tribune: Here are five market-oriented resolutions for a more prosperous...
Show-Me with McGraw Monday Mornings 550 KTRS
In the February 24, 2014, segment with McGraw Milhaven, David Stokes talks about the tax-exempt status of hospitals. David Stokes’s...
