ER Visits Spike With Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion
I’ve written at length about the negative effects of expanding a broken Medicaid program under Obamacare. Poor health outcomes and...
Making Health Care Better Through Licensure Reform
Today the Show-Me Institute released our latest health care policy paper, "Demand Supply: Why Licensing Reform Matters to Improving American...
Regarding Centene’s Outrageous Corporate Welfare Demands
For those unfamiliar with the company, St. Louis-based Centene Corporation is a managed care organization with a specialization in Medicaid....
Session Notes: Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Fails Again
With the 2016 legislative session behind them, Missouri's legislature has once again rejected Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. Had it passed, the...
House Passes Medicaid Audit Bill
Before it died amidst last year's Right to Work filibuster in the Senate, a bill requiring an independent audit of...
At Session’s Midpoint, Reforms Loom Large On Legislative Agenda
If you visit Jefferson City this week, you might notice that the Capitol's a bit quieter than usual. That calm...
Are Blaine Amendments Really about the Separation of Church and State?
Yesterday I wrote about a Supreme Court case out of Missouri challenging the state’s Blaine Amendment. This case could have...
No Surprise: Health Care Spending Accelerated in 2014
One of the most ballyhooed promises of Obamacare was the law's supposed effect on Americans' health care spending. Frequent talk...
Kansas City Obamacare Insurance Premiums Expected to See Double-Digit Hike
Earlier today I wrote about how government-backed insurance cooperatives around the country have begun to fail. The reason? Dollars and...
Ohio’s Medicaid Explosion Under Obamacare Is a Warning for Missouri
Instead of getting a handle on the cost of care and working to maximize access to medical professionals, the Affordable Care...
The Ferguson Commission: A Bridge to Nowhere
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Roman philosopher Cicero once said, “Advice is judged by results, not...
The Liberal Solution To Ferguson, Mo? More Liberalism
As first appearing in the American Spectator: Speaking of the restoration of the centuries-old Bourbon monarchy — following the massively...
Department Testimony Confirms: One-in-Seven Missourians on Medicaid
Ronald Reagan once said that Americans "should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."...
Pew: Medicaid Taking “Growing Slice of States’ Dollars”
Last week we wrote about how Medicaid costs and enrollment have exploded under Obamacare, driving home yet again the need for...
Health Care Price Transparency Report: Missouri Gets an “F”
Last year the Show-Me Institute published a report that explored some of the reforms Missouri needed not only to make Medicaid better,...
Post-Obamcare Medicaid Enrollment Far Outpacing State Projections
When Congress passed and the president signed the Affordable Care Act, supporters of the law were adamant that Obamcare would...
An $11 Minimum Wage Will Still Cost Jobs
Many sci-fi fans would be familiar with one of the key parts of the British science fiction show Dr. Who,...
Are Work Requirements and Premiums On the Horizon for Medicaid’s Able-Bodied?
Two years ago, I wrote about a variety of ways Missouri could reform its Medicaid program. From health savings accounts...
White House Report Is the Same Tired Medicaid Message, but Newly Packaged
Last week the White House released a report titled, “Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid.”...
Medicaid and Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Have you ever been in Best Buy (or, for you millennials, on Amazon) and looked at a nice 70-inch 4K Ultra...
