Gil Lykens’ Story: Exhibit A in the Case for Preserving Medicaid

Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/03/14/gil-lykens-story-exhibit-case-preserving-medicaid/#.WMqo228rIdU By David Elliot March 14, 2017 Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves 74 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching … Continued

PBPC on CBO Score for GOP Healthcare Plan

Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/march/pbpc-cbo-score-gop-healthcare-plan Mar 13, 2017 07:29 pm | John Neurohr Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, made the following statement following the release of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring for the “American Health Care … Continued

House Bill Would Divert More Public Money to Private Schools

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Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-14/education/house-bill-would-divert-more-public-money-to-private-schools/a56859-1 March 14, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window House Bill 250 would expand two educational tax-credit programs by a total of $75 million. (Jared Kofsky/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – State … Continued

New Travel Ban, Same Poisonous Policy

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From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Trump’s revised travel ban should fail for exactly the reason the first one did. Elizabeth Goitein | Contributor – US New & World Report March 7, 2017 Posted at https://www.usnews.com/opinion/civil-wars/articles/2017-03-07/donald-trumps-revised-travel-ban-has-same-unconstitutional-policy President Donald Trump’s second … Continued