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May 16, 2012
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2013
In the attached table, the Foundation summarizes and contrasts the 2013 budget proposals of Governor Patrick, the House and Senate Ways and Means as well as final spending for fiscal 2010 and 2011 and the original and projected spending for fiscal...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2013
May 04, 2012
HEALTH CARE
Statement of Michael J. Widmer President, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation on House Health Care Finance Committee Legislation   Chairman Walsh has worked extremely hard over the past year to master the intricacies of the state’s health care...
HEALTH CARE
Apr 13, 2012
HEALTH CARE
Massachusetts has achieved near universal health care coverage with only modest additional costs to state taxpayers, according to a new study released today by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF).The report, Massachusetts Health Reform...
HEALTH CARE
Mar 19, 2012
HEALTH CARE
Massachusetts cities and towns have reached nearly $80 million in first-year savings from municipal health care reform and are on pace to exceed by far the initial estimate of $100 million, according to the most recent data compiled by the...
HEALTH CARE
Feb 08, 2012
HEALTH CARE
Massachusetts cities and towns are on pace to exceed by far the initial estimate of $100 million in first-year savings under the new municipal health care reform law, according to data compiled by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
HEALTH CARE
Jan 13, 2012
HEALTH CARE
The average single family homeowner in 10 of the state’s most economically vulnerable cities would need to pay an astonishing $13,685 today or absorb a crippling 20 percent property tax hike over the next 30 years to subsidize billions in unfunded...
HEALTH CARE
Dec 12, 2011
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2012
Fiscal 2013 tax revenues will grow by $822 million, or 3.9 percent, to $22 billion, less than half the rate of expansion in fiscal 2011, according to a new forecast released today by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.“The small growth in tax...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2012
Dec 07, 2011
PUBLIC FINANCE > Municipal
Massachusetts cities and towns endured the most difficult two-year period in the Proposition 2 ½ era in fiscal 2010 and 2011 with property taxes rising to their highest share of local spending in 30 years, according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Municipal
Sep 14, 2011
PENSIONS
In a presentation to PERAC's Emerging Issues Forum and a letter to state senators, the Foundation highlights the urgency of passing legislation to reform the pension system for state and municipal employees.
PENSIONS
Jul 23, 2011
HEALTH CARE
In their zeal to control health care costs, state lawmakers run the risk of causing serious damage to the health care sector, arguably the most important segment of the Massachusetts economy and certainly the most notable exception to the state’s...
HEALTH CARE