Ideas for individual liberty

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on January 13, 2010 at 10:13 am

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research has plenty of thoughts on how lawmakers should be spending their time during this legislative session. Among the topics: Golf courses, switchgrass, cyber charter schools and, of course, wine in grocery stores.

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Tags: economic policy, government spending, legislative issues, state government, tax policy, Tennessee Center for Policy Research  

Think tank: TennCare can’t handle health reform

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on December 4, 2009 at 2:19 pm

The health reform bills being thrashed out on the Hill will have a “potentially devastating” effect on Tennessee’s finances because they will expand Medicaid coverage, says the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. The alternatives:

The brief offers two simple, yet effective solutions to the problem. First, the Tennessee General Assembly should seek a Medicaid waiver that would allow TennCare enrollees to take more control of their healthcare costs. Second, the state’s congressional delegation should urge Congress to replace the current Medicaid matching system with block grant funding.

SEE ALSO: TMA warns of TennCare-like public option

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Tags: government spending, health care policy, health insurance, Medicaid, National health care reform, state government, TennCare, Tennessee Center for Policy Research  

What can brown do to FedEx?

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:41 am

The team at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research take issue with UPS’ efforts to introduce labor law changes that would hurt one of Tennessee’s largest employers.

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Tags: FedEx Corp., logistics and distribution, organized labor, shipping, Tennessee Center for Policy Research, transportation, United Parcel Service Inc.