In Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Lifting Restrictions on Nurses to Fight COVID-19, The Buckeye Institute calls for Ohio to end the collaborative supervision requirements that prevent advanced practice registered nurses from offering the medical care they have been trained and licensed to provide.
In Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Enlisting Pharmacists to Fight COVID-19, The Buckeye Institute outlines how Ohio can relieve some of the burdens on other health care workers by allowing pharmacists to test for COVID-19 and treat common illnesses.
Andrew J. Kidd, Ph.D., an economist with The Buckeye Institute’s Economic Research Center, commented on newly released employment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “February’s jobs report now serves as a baseline to mark where Ohio’s economy stood before the onset of this crisis and where we hope to return following the social and economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus.”
In Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: How Ohio Can Fight the Impact of Coronavirus, The Buckeye Institute, outlines immediate actions Ohio policymakers can take to ensure Ohio is ready to fight and recover from the pandemic. The recommendations focus on policies to boost Ohio’s health care system and support Ohio’s workers, small businesses, and the economy.
The Buckeye Institute filed public comments in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed regulatory clarification that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act’s criminal conduct and penalty provisions apply only to those intentionally harming migratory birds. This proposed clarification will help rein in overcriminalization.
Andrew J. Kidd, Ph.D., an economist with The Buckeye Institute’s Economic Research Center, commented on newly released employment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Ohio’s consistent, albeit slow, job growth tells us that policymakers need to focus on adopting deeper economic reforms and pro-growth policies that have been outlined by The Buckeye Institute…to encourage private-sector job growth and attract workers to Ohio.”
The Buckeye Institute announced that Michael G. Franc has joined its team as senior fellow. Based in Washington, D.C., Franc will promote Buckeye’s efforts to advance free-market public policy at the federal level. Franc joins Buckeye from his position at the Hoover Institution, where he serves as director of D.C. programs and also is a research fellow. ;
Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, will testify on Wednesday before the Ohio House and Ohio Senate Conference Committee that is looking at solutions to the problems facing Ohio’s EdChoice program. In considering various changes to the program, Lawson will urge the committee to ensure that “[a]ny short-term solutions that would scale back or eliminate EdChoice should include protections for students currently benefiting from EdChoice.”
Greg R. Lawson, research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, testified Wednesday before the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee on the policies in House Bill 399, which would trim burdensome licensing requirements for Ohio’s cosmetologists, making it easier for people seeking to work to start a new career. In his testimony, Lawson urged policymakers to “remove at least some of the occupational licensing obstacles faced by Ohio’s working men and women.”
Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute and vice president of policy, issued the following statement on the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Gresham v. Azar that overturned Medicaid work and community engagement requirements.
