Tag: deficit

Tag: deficit

  • State of the State: Pennsylvania image

    State of the State: Pennsylvania

    Enacting common sense budgetary reforms, eliminating some cronyism, and blocking attempts to increase taxes yet further are commendable. But this will not reverse Pennsylvania’s economic malaise. Accomplishing this will require bold reduction in twin burdens of bureaucracy and tax burden.

  • What the Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Means for States image

    What the Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Means for States

    The U.S. Senate late Tuesday evening passed legislation containing a permanent ‘doc fix’ for calculating physician reimbursements under Medicare. By doing away with a decades old formula, the…