By Paul Winfree and Brian Blase – Although repealing and replacing the ACA is closer than ever before, many important details will have to be worked out in the next few months. Moreover, much more needs to be done to put our nation’s health care entitlement programs on a sustainable path. Read More How to Repeal the Affordable Care Act: A Roadmap
MacIver News Service – Speaking with the MacIver Institute last Friday, Ryan criticized President Obama’s latest budget proposal as a tax-and-spend agenda that grows government and never balances. Republicans must present a clear contrast to liberal, progressive policies by laying out an agenda of conservative reforms early in this year. Read More Speaker Ryan: We Need a Mandate From the American People This Fall to Turn This Country Around
MacIver News Service – The Assembly debated four bills aimed at tackling fraud in the FoodShare and Unemployment Insurance programs. Read More Assembly Debates The Need To Reform Public Benefits Programs
MacIver News Service – The Assembly is taking up four bills that tackle fraud and abuse in entitlements programs. Three bills address the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A fourth bill will work to reform Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance program. Read More Assembly to Tackle Fraud in FoodShare and Unemployment Insurance Programs This Week
MacIver Institute Budget Blog – On Tuesday, the legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) made several important education decisions in a 29-page omnibus package. After a full 11-hour day, the package was passed along party lines on a 12-4 vote at 1:27 a.m. and was chock full of both fiscal items and policy changes to the state’s K-12 system. Read More Budget Blog – School Choice Expanded Again, Education Funding Increased and Drug Testing For Government Assistance