Jesse Hathaway is the managing editor of the Budget & Tax News Heartland publication. Before joining the Heartland Institute, Hathaway worked for Media Trackers, a conservative non-profit news organization active in 5 states. His investigatory research has appeared in local, state, and national publications including The Daily Caller, Drudge Report, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Latest posts by Jesse Hathaway (see all)
- Sanders’ ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ Boosts Government — Not Workers’ Prosperity - November 1, 2018
- There’s No Time Like the Present for Tax Reform 2.0 - September 19, 2018
- Fan Ownership, Not Stadium Welfare, Would Be Best For Sports Fans and Taxpayers - April 24, 2018
In this episode of the Budget & Tax News podcast, Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions analyst Joe Nichols joins the show to explain how several states are trying to cheat the system and profit from Medicaid expansion. States like Ohio and Pennsylvania apply sales and use taxes to Medicaid premiums, in order to boost revenue and increase the amount of federal grant money provided.
However, Nichols says, the federal government may soon close this “loophole,” which the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services declared was illegal. Preventing the application of sales taxes to Medicaid premiums in Ohio, he says, will make Medicaid expansion an even worse deal for the state’s taxpayers.
