Is it Illinois, the poster child for big-government excess? Nope, not even close. As a matter of fact, those two jurisdictions are among the 10-least dependent states. And if you’re guessing that the answer is New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, or some other “blue state,”...
"There's a big difference in being poor in New Mexico and being poor in Illinois," said Veronique de Rugy, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, a free-market think tank at George Mason University. "A lot of these poverty needs are only known at the local and state levels."...
Three states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA dropped the program—Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio. But the Medicaid expansion covers women up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, which is an annual income of about $16,700 for an individual, while the family planning programs had an...