Tag: Rhode Island
A decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, about one out of every five Texans under age 65 still do not have health insurance. Georgia, Oklahoma and Florida are close behind. The contrast with Hawaii, Minnesota, Michigan, and New Hampshire is stark – only about one in 20 of their residents lacked insuranc…
The brief’s key findings are: Financially troubled state and local pensions may need to cut benefits for current workers, but such cuts could also induce some workers to leave. To assess this human resource impact, the analysis looks at a 2005 reform in Rhode Island that reduced benefits for some current workers. The results show…
