Uncertainty can be crippling. In many, it turns an energetic “can-do” spirit into a cautious “wait and see” mentality. In 2011, more than half of small businesses surveyed by the US Chamber of Commerce said they were holding off on hiring new employ ...
Alabama Policy Institute Releases Report on Possible Impacts from the Coronavirus on State Budgets, Healthcare, and more
Today (April 2, 2020) the Alabama Policy Institute released a report entitled “COVID-19 in Alabama: A Primer on the Impacts of the Coronavirus on the State.” The report details the possible unprecedented impacts of the coronavirus on the health, social well-being, economy, and state government of Alabama.
A Review of: Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More
Are you interested in learning about the principles of conservatism? While the API team often focuses on policy matters and current events, we always remember the principles on which our foundation is built. One of those principles is free ...
Obamacare Repeal Must Roll Back the Medicaid Expansion
A version of this op-ed originally appeared in the National Review Online on January 19, 2017. By Ellen Weaver and Caleb Crosby As the 115th Congress convenes and President-elect Trump prepares to take office tomorrow, our nation faces incredibl ...
Obamacare Repeal Must Roll Back the Medicaid Expansion
A version of this op-ed originally appeared in the National Review Online on January 19, 2017. By Ellen Weaver and Caleb Crosby As the 115th Congress convenes and President-elect Trump prepares to take office tomorrow, our nation faces incredibl ...
Don’t Be Fooled by New Nomenclature of Medicaid Expansion
This week, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced his proposal for a "Medicaid expansion alternative" that would expand the program to nearly 200,000 currently ineligible individuals in the state. Also called a "hybrid plan," Haslam's version of ...
Obamacare Hits Home
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama recently announced that 4% of their 2.1 million statewide members will not be able to keep their insurance plan, due to Obamacare. In the coming weeks, approximately 84,000 Alabamians will receive notice that t ...
Republicans Can Regain Trust by Defunding Obamacare
As October 1st and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare quickly approach, Republican members of Congress are faced with a tough decision over whether or not to provide funding for the new programs created by the ...
Medicaid That Makes Sense
While Governor Robert Bentley continues to stand firm against the expansion of Medicaid, the proponents of an expansion continue to insist that Alabama grow a program which has proven unmanageable and unaffordable for the state. Gov. Bentley joined ...
An Obamacare Healthcare Exchange Represents a Freedom Exchange
I applaud Governor Bentley’s recent bold decision to oppose the establishment of a federally mandated healthcare exchange under the terms outlined in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known affectionately as “Obamacare”. The l ...