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The Buckeye Institute Outlines Practical Recommendations for Medicaid Redetermination Process

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The Buckeye Institute released a new policy report, Medicaid: Why and How States Must Review Eligibility, that offers recommendations on how states should approach the Medicaid redetermination process that is required now that the federal Covid-19 public health emergency is over. “By adopting this approach, states can conduct efficient eligibility reviews, avoid significant budgetary shortfalls, and ensure that only people eligible for Medicaid receive benefits.”

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“The Buckeye Institute: In Wake of Washington’s Failure, States Must Lead on Data Privacy”

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The Buckeye Institute released a new policy brief, A Federalism Opportunity in A Congressional Failure: How States Can Fix the Data Privacy Patchwork, urging states—in the wake of Congress’s failure to adopt comprehensive data privacy legislation—to work together to harmonize state-level data privacy rules, which, if left unaddressed could cost businesses and consumers $98 billion to $112 billion annually. “[S]tates can and should take the lead and pass data privacy legislation that minimizes compliance costs while effectively protecting consumer data privacy.”

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“Keep, Cut, Change: The Buckeye Institute’s Roadmap for Ohio’s Budget Conference Committee”

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As the Conference Committee begins its work on Ohio’s biennial budget and analyzes some hotly-contested issues, The Buckeye Institute released its Keep, Cut, Change policy guidance memo with recommendations for which version of the budget—Executive, House, or Senate—lawmakers should adopt and what should be cut or changed. “To help guide lawmakers in their negotiations … The Buckeye Institute offers its Keep, Cut, Change roadmap to achieve effective policy outcomes that will benefit all Ohioans.”;  

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The Buckeye Institute: Senate Budget Offers a Path to Greater Prosperity for Ohio

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In a new policy memo, A Path to Greater Prosperity, The Buckeye Institute offers recommendations on Ohio’s budget as it enters the final stages of deliberation in the Ohio Senate. In the memo, Buckeye notes that the Senate version of Ohio’s budget “includes the boldest school choice plan in state history, pro-growth tax reform, additional guardrails to help prevent government overspending, and occupational licensing reform,” all policies supported by The Buckeye Institute.;  

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The Buckeye Institute Offers Tangible Solutions for Ohio’s High-Skilled Worker Shortage

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The Buckeye Institute released a new policy report, Ohio’s Global Fight for Talent: The Case for State-Based Visas for High-Skill Immigrants, which demonstrates how a well-designed state-based visa program for high-skilled, legal immigration would help fill current gaps in the state’s high-skilled job market. This report is a companion piece to Modernizing Ohio’s Policies to Seize New Economic Opportunities. Together, the two reports offer state and federal policymakers a comprehensive road map to ensure Ohio’s workers and economy can succeed in the 21st century. 

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The Buckeye Institute Outlines Path to a Flat Tax

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In a new policy memo, How Ohio Can Join the Flat-Tax Revolution, The Buckeye Institute outlines how Ohio can “lower tax rates for everyone” and use revenue triggers “along the way to an across-the-board flat-tax.” In the policy memo, Buckeye experts note that moving Ohio to a 2.75 percent flat tax would “result in a $2.5 billion boost to GDP, thousands of new jobs, and $800 million in increased investment in 2024.”;  

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio Senate Should Expand School Choice

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In a new policy memo, Put Students First & Expand School Choice, The Buckeye Institute outlined how—by expanding school choice—Ohio lawmakers can help parents tailor learning resources to meet their child’s educational needs. Buckeye offered lawmakers four specific recommendations to “make it easier for families to provide the best education for their children” and pointed out that Ohio’s record-breaking surplus gives the Senate a historic opportunity to expand school choice to every child in every family in every community.;  

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New Buckeye Institute Research: Revived Clean Power Plan Would Shock Customers with Higher Energy Bills

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As American Electric Power and other energy companies prepare to implement significant rate hikes, new research released by The Buckeye Institute modeled the impact that a new Clean Power Plan—which the Biden Administration is attempting to revive through the regulatory process—would have on jobs, the economy, and customers. With their robust economies, diverse geographies, and mixed population densities, researchers looked at California and Ohio to illustrate how a new Clean Power Plan would affect most of the country.

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The Buckeye Institute: States Should Follow Ohio’s Lead on Spending Remaining ARPA Dollars

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In a new policy memo, Responsibly Spending Remaining ARPA Dollars, The Buckeye Institute outlined how states can “follow Ohio’s lead” on how to wisely spend their remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) tax dollars. The Buckeye Institute noted that as state legislatures debate how to spend remaining ARPA dollars, they should adhere to “sound spending principles that will keep…state[s] solvent without risking future tax hikes or painful spending cuts.”

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The Buckeye Institute’s World Famous Piglet Book Identifies More Than $2.7 Billion in Savings for Ohio Taxpayers

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The Buckeye Institute released its now world-famous 2023 Piglet Book, which analyzed Ohio’s proposed biennial budget and identified more than $2.7 billion in savings for Ohio taxpayers. “By implementing pro-growth tax policies, prioritizing necessary spending, closing tax loopholes, ending corporate welfare and government ‘philanthropy,’ and continuing the effort to fund students first, lawmakers can spur economic growth and prosperity for all Ohioans.”

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