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Medicaid Expansion and the Affordable Care Act: A Fiscal Checkup
On April 4, 2016, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Civic Federation held a conference to examine how states are lowering the ranks of the uninsured under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?by expanding Medicaid and through other strategies. The conference also looked at the ACA?s impact on delivering health care to traditionally underserved populations.
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Challenges and prospects for Midwest manufacturing
The Chicago Fed held a series of conferences in 2003?04 aimed at understanding the recent poor performance of the manufacturing sector in the Midwest and the nation and identifying the challenges that lie ahead.
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Brownfield redevelopment and urban economies
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Assessing the Midwest flood
Working Paper
Creating a national state rainy day fund: a modest proposal to improve future state fiscal performance
Throughout the 1990s states created budget stabilization (rainy day) funds to help provide counter-cyclical support in their budgeting process. Despite the sweeping popularity of such funds, many states have failed to adopt either contribution or expenditure rules that would create significant balances in their rainy day accounts.> This paper ask the question; what would happen if a national rainy day fund were established for the states with specific contribution and expenditure rules? The proposed fund would borrow from the unemployment compensation trust fund model by creating experience ...
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State budgets under stress: paths to sustainability
State governments have been noticeably absent in contributing to U.S. economic growth since the recession of 2008?09. Despite some recovery in tax revenues, many states are still reporting budget shortfalls and spending pressures for pensions and health care.
Journal Article
Midwest approaches to school reform