NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (TNSrep) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following issue brief on November 26, 2024 by Chris Pope entitled "Slowing Optional Medicaid Spending Growth." Here is the introduction: * * * Medicaid is the primary source of health care for low-income Americans. But the federal government distributes funding for the program according to how much states spend on beneficiaries--without any upper limit. As a result, Medicaid expenses have risen uncontrollably. Over recent decad  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (TNSrep) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following issue brief on November 21, 2024 by Frederick M. Hess and Riley Fletcher entitled "Top Public Policy Programs Have Almost No Conservative Faculty." Here is the introduction: * * * The stark leftward tilt of the American professoriate has been widely documented. Defenders of higher education often blame this imbalance on a dearth of conservative applicants and argue that, in any event, it does not matter much because id  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following brief (No. 66) on November 22, 2024 by Jeremy Pressman entitled "Mind the Gap: U.S. Preferences and Israel's War Conduct." Here is the executive summary: * * * This brief provides an examination of Biden administration policies toward Israel during the war that has followed Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack. The Biden administration has provided Israel with comprehensive military and diplomatic su  more