Paul Winfree

1 week ago | wsj.com | Paul Winfree |Brian Blase

If Republicans are too timid, costs will expand and Democrats will benefit at the ballot box. Congress has an opportunity to reform Medicaid, the nation’s third-largest, and most flawed, entitlement program. Done right, reform could protect the vulnerable, promote private coverage and save hundreds of billions of dollars. Done wrong, it won’t reduce federal spending and will hurt Republicans at the ballot box by making more voters dependent on government welfare.

2 months ago | epicforamerica.org | David Ditch |Matthew Dickerson |Paul Winfree |Brian Blase

Congress is weighing reforms to Medicaid with a goal of saving up to $880 billion as part of the budgetary reconciliation process. Left-leaning legislators have decried the potential Medicaid savings as “deep cuts” or “eviscerating” the program. In reality, Medicaid spending would still increase – just by a smaller amount. This is a perfect example of “Washington Math” which assumes that all types of government spending increase every year.

2 months ago | epicforamerica.org | David Ditch |Paul Winfree

The Biden-Harris administration was an unmitigated disaster for America’s fiscal health. Trillions of dollars in additional deficit spending helped to spur inflation and caused a spike in the cost of financing the debt. While most of this was done through ill-advised legislation, deliberate administrative actions cost more than $1 trillion. The most expensive and legally problematic of these actions was scheming to transfer student loan debt onto taxpayers.