Part-Time Nation: Forever 21 Stores Cap Staff Hours
As I’ve said before, one of the least-covered consequences of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) since its passage was the...
Valuing Public Employee Pension Liabilities: Nothing ‘Fair’ About It
The Show-Me Institute recently released a study that I authored about Missouri public employee pensions. The study argued that pensions...
Reminder: Health Care ‘Reform’ Law Raises Costs On Young People
Next week, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA,)...
He Gets the Games Washington Plays
Yesterday’s Washington Post had a fascinating article about the only-in-Washington logic behind a recent agreement to keep the federal government...
Medicaid: The Program that Keeps on Taking
Medicaid is one of the largest expenses in Missouri’s budget. In fiscal year 2008, Medicaid spending in Missouri totaled more...
Questionable Comparisons, Questionable Conclusions
The Commonwealth Fund published a study comparing the health care system in America to the systems of six other developed...
Government: No Costs, All Benefits
Government has no costs — only benefits — according to several professors in economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City,...
Painting a Rosy Picture
Missouri Auditor Susan Montee has found that fiscal notes relating to tax credit programs severely understate their costs. From the...
Health Care Reform Another Step in Decline of Our Economic Freedom
The passage and signing of the president’s massive health care reform legislation are the latest chapters in the socialization of...
This Just In: Health Care Legislation Passed by Congress Has Unintended Consequences
On Friday, U.S. Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) sent a letter to AT&T and several other companies...
A Victory for Doctors and Patients Alike
Last week, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled on the case Klotz v. Shapiro, which challenged the 2005 tort reform legislation...
Competition in Health Care Insurance
Competition and choice are characteristics of a free and open marketplace. Some have suggested that a more open market for...
Show Me a Tax Cut
Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State Address on Jan. 20 identified three main objectives for the coming year: We...
Real Tort Reform
It appears that the Missouri state Supreme Court may be poised to strike down the $350,000 cap on damages for...
Cutting Health Care Costs With a Chainsaw
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently published a letter to the House majority leader regarding a proposal to establish a...
Cap and Trade Dangerous for Missouri
A cap and trade bill was narrowly passed in the House of Representatives on Friday afternoon. If passed in the...
Populist Pontificating
Claire McCaskill wants Congress to pass a windfall profits tax on oil companies. What would be the effects? Well, first...
Lock Box Strategery
To the bemoaners of “tax cuts for the rich,” a new Congressional Budget Office report shatters some popular perceptions on...
Mommy Missouri
Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, spoke this month before the Missouri House of Representatives’...
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