Overview. This is a pivotal moment for Philadelphia. More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the decisions local leaders make now—about attracting and retaining residents, bolstering the ...

Previous research has found that declines in the stock market lead more-educated workers, who are more likely than less-educated workers to own stocks, to delay retirement. 4 And fears about market ...

EHR Certification Program The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, passed in 2009, established the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program—known as ...

The Social Security connection. For people born in 1960 or later, the normal retirement age for Social Security is 67. 2 Those who start collecting benefits at an earlier age receive payments over a ...

For the three decades since it nearly declared bankruptcy, Philadelphia has kept its fiscal affairs relatively stable, thanks in large part to oversight from the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental ...

South Carolina’s 2010 reform. The Omnibus Crime Reduction and Sentencing Reform Act of 2010 was designed to prioritize prison space for people convicted of serious offenses and invest the savings from ...

The use of biosimilars—biological products that are highly similar to a biologic drug already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—has the potential to reduce drug spending in Medicare ...

Note: These data have been updated. To see the most recent data and analysis, visit Fiscal 50.. A decade after the Great Recession began, at least half of the states could cover a bigger share of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Guidance for Industry #2131—a policy designed to ensure the judicious use of antibiotics that are medically important to humans in the production of food ...

Over the past five years, the majority of states have reduced their imprisonment rates while experiencing less crime. The relationship between incarceration and crime is complex, but states continue ...

QUICK SUMMARY. Note: Updated charts featuring 2012 data on surface transportation funding were published on Feb. 24, 2015 and are available here.. The United States is facing major challenges in ...

Note: This data has been updated. To see the most recent data and analysis, visit Fiscal 50.. In a remarkably fast recession turnaround, tax revenue in nearly half of states has not only recouped its ...