Chris Pope

Everyone knows what conservatives don't like about the welfare state.
It's time for a right-of-center vision of what it *should* be doing:
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SSI is the humble hero of the welfare state. It is highly effective, efficient, and costs a tiny amount compared to everything else.

It's striking that the response from Maryland hospital payment regulators isn't that my report has any facts wrong, but that they would prefer to emphasize a different set of points: wsj.com/opinion/maryla…

It's striking how often policymakers formally opposed to means tests instead target universal benefits by things highly correlated with income, like geography or aid for inferior goods.
That may be a better or worse approach, but it's hardly a fundamental divide of principle.

Why is Mamdani surprisingly cautious on Medicare For All?
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/20/mam…
He's proposing a big increase in aid for the city's public hospitals, but extending Medicare rates to all would slash Bellevue revenues by 29%:
manhattan.institute/article/the-im…
Union interests come first.