Fisher, Chapter 21
Massbudget.org, What is the Actual State Cost of MassHealth in 2019?, 6/19
Boston Globe, GOP Health Plan Would Cost Mass. $2b, Baker Says, 3/21/17
Pew Charitable Trust, State Health Care Spending on Medicaid, 2016
Boston Globe, Baker Tries to Move 140,000 off Medicaid Rolls, 1/25/18
CBPP, Medicaid Work Requirement Would Harm Unemployed, 1/18
NYT When States Make It Harder To Enroll…, 1/18/18
NYT, Making Medicaid a Morality Tool, 1/17/18
NYT, What States Can Learn From One Another on Health Care, 11/16/17
NYT, Why the US Spends So Much More on Health Care, 1/2/18
Education Reading List:
Fisher, Chapter 19
Augenblick, et al, Equity and Adequacy in School Funding, Financing Schools, Winter 1997
Bowles and Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist American, preface and conclusion, Haymarket Books, 2011
CBPP, A Punishing Decade for School Funding, 11/17
NYT, Dismal Voucher Results Surprise Researchers, 2/24/17
NYT, Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost, 9/15/17
NYT, School Vouchers Aren’t Working, But Choice Is, 5/2/17
NYT, Public Colleges Chase Out-of-State Students and Tuition, 7/7/16
CBPP, A Lost Decade in Higher Education Funding, 8/17
Essay Assignment #3
Answer three of the four questions.
- Spurred by numerous lawsuits over the years, state governments have increased their share of funding local K-12 schools. Yet lawsuits and complaints persist over whether states are obliged to ensure equity or adequacy in school funding, what formula is used to set state aid, and whether states adequately fund local education aid. Discuss these issues. Make sure you mention the disparities in school district spending that drives these lawsuits.
- Many people, including the former US secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, advocate for increased use of charter schools and of vouchers for private schools in K-12 education. Do these schools lead to better results than traditional public schools? What does the evidence show?
- What are the federal rules regarding Medicaid? How is most Medicaid funding spent? How have states coped with a rapid escalation in medical costs?
- How does US health care spending compare with that of other OECD countries? How do US health outcomes compare with other OECD countries?