Dylan Scott

Recent Articles

• The Feds' Plan to Win Over Anti-Obamacare States
• Sep 1, 2013
• When residents in places that aren’t expanding Medicaid or setting up their own health exchanges are denied insurance, the feds will tell them who to blame: their state.
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• Will Common Core Help or Hurt Schools' Cheating?
• Sep 1, 2013
• From Georgia to Texas, teacher evaluation systems always seem to lead to dishonest behavior. States hope the new Common Core standards will be different.
• 7 Comments

• A Revenue Boost States Are Reluctant to Get Behind
• Aug 19, 2013
• Nevada's health insurance exchange plans to sell ads on its website to boost revenue and keep consumers' costs down, but their peers are reluctant to follow.
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• Maryland Bill Would Ban Discriminatory E-Book Sales to Libraries
• Aug 7, 2013
• A Maryland lawmaker plans to introduce legislation next year that would ban discriminatory business practices by book publishers when they sell e-books to public libraries.

• Feds Offer States Deal to Seal HIV-Testing Holes
• Aug 5, 2013
• Even though poverty is often linked with higher risks of HIV infection, less than half the states cover routine testing for Medicaid recipients. The feds are offering states an incentive to change that.
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• In S.C., Park Prescriptions Used to Fight Obesity
• Aug 1, 2013
• Doctors can write a parks prescription for patients that gives free admission to one of South Carolina’s 30 state parks.
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• America Watches as Philadelphia Battles Obesity
• Aug 1, 2013
• The city, which is one of the nation’s poorest and most obese, is resorting to creative measures to get people to eat healthier. There are signs that its efforts are working.
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• How the DOMA Ruling Could Affect State Programs
• Jul 31, 2013
• With most state-run social service programs, such as Medicaid and food stamps, funded by the feds, who decides whether gay couples will receive those benefits?
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• 3 States Expand Medicaid Preventive Services Under Obamacare
• Jul 26, 2013
• The states will receive a one percent increase in the matching rate to their Medicaid program to pay for services that include counseling for healthy diet habits as well as screenings for various cancers and other diseases.
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• America's Wasting Its Renewable Energy Potential
• Jul 25, 2013
• The practice of converting waste into energy isn't new, but its advocates argue that it’s underutilized in America.
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• Maryland County Pioneers Call for Fair E-Book Prices for Libraries
• Jul 24, 2013
• Despite pent-up demand for e-books, Montgomery County, Md., libraries are stymied by book publishing pricing practices that are straining budgets. A county resolution calls for a remedy to the problem.
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• U.S. House Passes No Child Left Behind Reauthorization
• Jul 19, 2013
• The U.S. House on Friday passed a bill reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), known as No Child Left Behind, the first passage of major K-12 legislation in more than a decade.

• Treasury Official: No More Obamacare Delays Coming
• Jul 18, 2013
• A top Treasury official told a House committee Thursday that there are no immediate plans to delay any other provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), though he left open the possibility that that could change.
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• Why the Common Core Rebellion Fell Short
• Jul 18, 2013
• More than a dozen states introduced legislation to pull out of the Common Core State Standards, but most bills went nowhere.
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• Maryland County Tests New School Governance Structure
• Jul 17, 2013
• Prince George’s County last month became the first in the nation to give the chief executive the authority to appoint a superintendent and school board members.
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