A model is constructed in an attempt to discover a relationship between per capita spending and state lottery revenue. The regression showed that while lottery revenue was significant, an increase in lottery revenue translated into virtually no increase in per capita spending. The results of the ...
In Part III of this series, I shared data on state per-capita welfare spending, which ranked states based on generosity of benefits and share of the population trapped in dependency. The message from all three columns is that Thomas Sowell is right. The welfare state traps people in poverty...
State governments use debt to finance education, infrastructure and to cover budget gaps, among other things. State and local government debt can fluctuate due to spending habits or changes in income from taxes and other sources, such as during recessions. In the 1940s and 1950s, state and lo...
State Spending Per Capita 2007 — Florida Ranks 49th ($4,009) Florida Taxes— Florida ranks low in terms of the tax burden placed on residents. Based on income, property and other state and local tax collections, the Tax Foundation research organization ranks Florida among the lowest tax sta...
Medicare spending and out of pocket costs by state. a Mean CMS spending per capita for Medicare beneficiaries with PD, 2014. b Out of pocket costs per Medicare beneficiary with PD, 2014. Data are shown in quartiles Full size image Table 3 State-level Medicare and beneficiary out of pocket...
In the first decade after KERA's enactment, the gap in per-capita spending between poor and wealthier districts narrowed substantially, the lawsuit said. But in the past two decades, the state has failed to maintain adequate base funding amounts, putting a heavier...
Furthermore, the table documents that our main results largely replicate when we use per capita calculations for K-12 state spending (which are likely to be more consistent year on year) and use only baseline population counts in the denominator (to address potential endogenous migration resulting...
Health care is complex and has lots of moving parts. Those parts act to drive costs – and savings. 1. Pharmaceuticals Statistics compiled bySingleCareshow that about 66% of U.S. adults take a prescription drug. The U.S. has the highest drug spending per capita, which is ...
less than one-fourth the rate of the state budget. Inflation-adjusted per capita spending grew by 27 percent; which means in real dollar terms, on a per person basis, the state budget grew by a fourth since 1989. This needs to stop. Reducing the size of state government also means reduc...
(HealthDay)—From 1991 to 2014 there was minimal change in health spending by state, according to a study published online June 14 in Health Affairs.