By Mario Loyola JMI Adjunct Scholar Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Tenth Amendment Studies Director Loyola discusses the federal government’s usurpation of state authority to regulate health care, the resultant failure of those interventions and mandates, why health care regulatory authority should be reserved to the states, and a mechanism for rolling back this …
January 2012 – Policy Brief – “Passing the Health Care Compact in Florida: A Historic Opportunity to Restore Self-Government and Affordable Health Care”
Posted 12/07/2011January 2012 – Policy Brief – “Pension Reform in Florida: Unfinished Business”
Posted 12/07/2011By Stuart Buck JMI Adjunct Scholar University of Arkansas Distinguised Doctoral Fellow While the legislative reforms of early 2011 made improvements in the Florida Retirement System, further work is needed to keep Florida on the right track and avoid the financial disasters experienced by other states. Five recommendations for further reform include: Make the defined …
March 2011 – Policy Brief No. 8 – “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Government Transparency in the State of Florida 2011″ 
Posted 03/16/2011
May 2010 – Talking Points “Virtual Schooling: Disrupting the Status Quo”
Posted 04/16/2010
May 2010 – Policy Brief No. 7 “Virtual Schooling: Disrupting the Status Quo”
Posted 04/16/2010
Introduction Ever since the creation of the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) in 1997, Florida has been among the nation’s leaders in the fast-growing online learning movement. From humble origins serving 77 students with a start-up $200,000 Florida Department of Education “Break the Mold” grant, FLVS grew to serve more than 70,000 students in the 2008-2009 …
April 2010 – Policy Brief No. 6 “Transparency in Government Spending: Next Steps for Florida”
Posted 03/25/2010
Policy Brief No. 4 – Transparency in Government Spending: An Idea Whose Time Has Come for Florida
Posted 04/01/2008
In today’s digital age, government “transparency” is defined by full and easy online access to pertinent information that is comprehensible to the average citizen. Complete information on government expenditures should be available in a single, searchable, structured database that is available to the public at no cost. Adjunct Scholar Sandra Fabry gives an overview and …
Policy Brief No. 4 (TalkPnts) – Transparency in Government Spending: An Idea Whose Time Has Come for Florida
Posted 04/01/2008
Policy Brief No. 3 – First Steps toward Restoring Florida’s Insurance Market
Posted 03/01/2008
As Florida’s Legislature proceeds with its 2008 session, several proposals to modify the state’s insurance environment appear likely to receive serious consideration and debate. This paper analyzes several of the more prominent ones. The paper consists of four sections. The first offers a very brief overview of the state’s current insurance environment. The second considers …
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- 2010–Jan17 FYI: JMI Files Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court Regarding the Affordable Care Act
- 2012–Jan17 Press Release: “Florida Faces Dual Crises in Insurance Markets”
- 2012–Jan15 Broadcast Media: WCTV6-CBS “The Usual Suspects” – Pres McClure on Legislative Session
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