Lawmakers in several states this spring put a college education within reach for students who are undocumented, boosting opportunity for striving young people and helping strengthen their economies over the long term. These actions show that even at a time of turmoil for federal immigration policy, states can take an inclusive approach that will benefit all residents.

For example, in...

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rightly rejected a Massachusetts proposal to restrict Medicaid beneficiaries’ access to prescription drugs last month, it opened the door to much more radical, harmful changes to Medicaid prescription drug coverage.  Specifically, it suggested that states could submit proposals drastically limiting drug coverage provided they also...

The House Ways and Means Committee will mark up a bill today to delay the excise tax on high-cost health plans (the so-called “Cadillac tax”) by another year, to 2023.  That would be unwise for two reasons: it would lose needed revenue, and it would set back efforts to slow the growth of health care costs.

The...

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent report on America’s economy echoes many of our criticisms of December’s tax law: it’s tilted to the top rather than the bottom, loses much-needed revenue, and creates a host of opportunities to game the tax code. To...