Krit Chanwong

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Naturalized Immigrants Probably Voted Republican in 2024

4 weeks ago | texasgopvote.com | Alex Nowrasteh |Krit Chanwong

Authored by Alex Nowrasteh and Krit Chanwong and originally published on cato.orgEzra Klein recently interviewed David Shor, a data scientist at the Democratic consulting firm Blue Rose Research. Shor made two important immigrant-related points. First, the foreign-born share of the population in a county was highly correlated with a shift toward Trump. Second, Trump likely won the immigrant vote. Naturalized immigrants went from favoring Biden in 2020 by 27 points to favoring Trump by one point.
Subsidizing Transport

2 months ago | cato.org | Marc Joffe |Krit Chanwong

There are a number of policy recommendations that would reduce transport subsidies and the inefficiencies they engender, ranging from maximalist to incremental. While those in the latter category are less preferable, they are more politically feasible given the broad political support for some types of transportation subsidies.
Immigration, crime, disease, illegal immigration

2 months ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Alex Nowrasteh |Krit Chanwong

IMMIGRATIONDiseased Illegal Immigrants Aren’t “Invading” the United StatesPublished 29 January 2025My research at the Cato Institute on crime and terrorism committed by illegal immigrants conclusively shows that they commit less crime than native-born Americans and have murdered zero people in domestic attacks since 1975.
California's Proposition 35 Will Result in More Irresponsible Spending with Only Marginal Returns

Sep 3, 2024 | cato.org | Marc Joffe |Krit Chanwong

If the goal is to expand low-income care accessibility, then increasing Medicaid reimbursement may only have marginal effects August 28, 2024 • Commentary This article appeared in Orange County Register on August 28, 2024. We know that low-income Californians have a difficult time accessing healthcare. Proposition 35 aims to solve this by using the federal government to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates.
California’s Proposition 35 will result in more irresponsible spending with only marginal returns

Aug 28, 2024 | ocregister.com | Marc Joffe |Krit Chanwong

We know that low-income Californians have a difficult time accessing healthcare. Proposition 35 aims to solve this by using the federal government to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates. However, the proposition employs a tactic that President Joe Biden once described as a “scam” and could contribute to the federal debt. Moreover, the proposition will only marginally increase healthcare accessibility.
New Medicaid Regulations Unlikely to Improve Accessibility and Transparency

May 31, 2024 | cato.org | Krit Chanwong

On April 22, 2024, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new rule that purportedly “enhances quality and fiscal and program integrity standards.” Unfortunately, this rule will likely increase Medicaid expenditures without achieving most of its stated goals. Managed Care and “State‐Directed Payments”Most of the CMS’s new rules contain regulations on Medicaid managed care and state‐directed payments.
Medicaid Is Still Breaking State Banks, and It's Only Going to Get Worse

Feb 7, 2024 | cato.org | Marc Joffe |Krit Chanwong

But even without a shift to block grants, state lawmakers still have many options that could contain Medicaid’s runaway expenses. The challenge for state legislators is to sift through these options to find politically feasible policies that actually contain Medicaid expenses. This task is harder than it looks. Some ‘cost‐containing’ policies do not actually contain costs.
Containing Medicaid Costs at the State Level

Feb 6, 2024 | cato.org | Marc Joffe |Krit Chanwong

Medicaid is among the top two expenditure categories in all 50 states. Because of flaws in the program’s structure that date back to its initial implementation in the 1960s, it has proven to be an inefficient way to care for the needy and has suffered from rapid cost escalation.
Reforming Medicaid DSH Payments

Dec 14, 2023 | cato.org | Krit Chanwong

Disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) serve a disproportionate share of Medicaid and uninsured patients. The federal government requires states to provide DSHs with payments on top of what these hospitals get for treating low‐income patients. The rationale for these DSH payments is that they keep hospitals with a high proportion of nonpaying/inadequately paying patients from closing.
Food Aid Failure in Ethiopia

Nov 17, 2023 | cato.org | Krit Chanwong

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced it will restart sending food aid to Ethiopia. USAID had halted aid earlier this year after “uncovering a colossal scheme by government officials to steal donated grain.” US officials say it could be the largest theft of foreign food aid ever. Last month, Cato published a study arguing for cuts to foreign food aid, which costs US taxpayers more than $2 billion a year.