Checking Medicaid’s Pulse
Are dead people on Missouri’s Medicaid program? Shockingly, the answer appears to be yes. Last month, the Missouri State Auditor’s...
Reform First, Dollars Second
If policymakers were worried about the One Big Beautiful Bill’s impact on healthcare in Missouri, they may soon find it’s...
MetroLink Line Canceled, SNAP Reform, and Missouri’s Reading Crisis | Roundtable
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss: the cancellation of the St. Louis MetroLink Green...
More SNAP Changes: Restoring Thrift
Four years ago, the federal government orchestrated the largest year-to-year growth in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in history....
SNAP Back to Reality
Medicaid wasn’t the only welfare program that received significant reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). The Supplemental Nutrition...
The EPA Continues to Review Carbon Emissions Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a proposal to rescind its own 2009 Endangerment Finding that has been used...
What the New Federal K-12 Tax Credit Program Could Mean for Missouri
One of the most notable policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) is the establishment of the first-ever federal...
More Big Beautiful Medicaid Changes
Missouri’s Medicaid enrollment is up by almost 400,000 recipients since 2019, but how many of those newly on the rolls...
The One Big Education Opportunity with Shaka Mitchell
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Shaka Mitchell, senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, about how a new federal scholarship...
One Big Beautiful Bill Breakdown, Part II with Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass is joined again by Elias Tsapelas, director of state budget and fiscal policy at the Show-Me Institute, for...
Medicaid Reform Incoming
Ready or not, big changes are coming to Missouri’s Medicaid program. Earlier this month, President Trump signed the “One Big...
Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill with Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass is joined by Elias Tsapelas, director of state budget and fiscal policy at the Show-Me Institute, to break...
The One Big Beautiful Bill’s Impact on Medicaid with Brian Blase and Elias Tsapelas
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass is joined by Brian Blase, president of Paragon Health Institute, and Elias Tsapelas, director of...
