What the Government Shutdown Was Really About with Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass is joined by Elias Tsapelas, director of state budget and fiscal policy at the Show-Me Institute, to explain...
Public Dollars for Public School Students: Discrimination of Choice
Critics of school choice programs like to claim that these programs create new expenses for the government. They argue that...
Transparency Yields Results
It was only a matter of time before the benefits of hospital price transparency became evident. Recently, the St. Louis...
Catching up on Telemedicine
Is Missouri ready to reclaim its spot as a national leader in telemedicine? The numerous Missourians still struggling with healthcare...
Debt Ceiling Deal Q&A
After a whirlwind period of tense negotiations, the House of Representatives and White House agreed this week on raising the...
Reading Alone
The St. Louis County library system has announced it is making social workers available at several libraries as a standard...
Falling Behind on Telemedicine
Not long ago, Missouri was a national leader in telemedicine. Governor Parson was among the first to waive unnecessary restrictions...
Part 6: Does Kansas City Have and Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five in this series here.) As earlier posts in...
COVID-19 Highlights Need for Telehealth
As confirmed cases of coronavirus across Missouri continue to climb, there are concerns that the coming influx of patients may...
“Medicare for All” Remains a Terrible, Terrible Idea
Last December I had the opportunity to have a radio debate with two supporters of Medicare for All, which (in...
Yes, the Cost of Medicaid Has Exploded
This week the St. Louis Post-Dispatch penned an article about whether the cost of Missouri’s Medicaid program has “exploded.” The paper...
In Arkansas, 80,000 Ineligible Medicaid Recipients Removed from Rolls
Since as far back as 2015, we have talked about the idea of performing regular audits of the state’s Medicaid...
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...
Study Finds Health Care Price Transparency Should Be a Top Policy Priority
We have talked many times about market-based reforms that would help to bend down the cost curve of health care...
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,...
Obamacare: Less Choice, Higher Taxes, Slower Economic Growth
As first appearing in the STL Beacon on September 30, 2013: The time for enrolling in health exchanges is now...
Should The Government Force Longevity?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Columnist Bill McClellan takes a hard line against an overprotective government in his piece, “Government should let...
Where Do We Go From Here? – Healthcare Expert Panel Discussion
On Friday, July 13, 2012, the Show-Me Institute hosted an event featuring a panel of healthcare experts discussing the consequences...
Health Care Law Violates Sound Public Policy In 10 Ways
It was the kind of spectacle that policy wonks savor – three days of complex and abstruse arguments before the...
What Washington Won’t Tell You About the Next Economic Crisis
On May 3, the Show-Me Institute cosponsored a lecture by Brian Riedl, lead budget analyst for the Heritage Foundation. In...
