The Center for Public Integrity has come out with grades for each state on their laws for guarding against future corruption (not past). New Jersey placed first with a B+ grade and Georgia last with an F. Pennsylvania placed 18th with a C-. You can see the state's full interactive report card on 14 categories at the link below:
PA received F's for Judicial Accountability, Political Financing, State Budget Process, and Redistricting. The state received a D- for lobbying disclosure and C for legislative and executive accountability and state insurance commissions, a C+ for ethics enforcement agencies, B- Public Access to Information, Civil Service Management, and Pension Fund Management, and A for Internal Auditing and Procurement. The individual measures can be more informative than the overall grade.
These findings have implications for anyone trying to lobby in Harrisburg for Single Payer or anything else. A C- and ranking 18th out of 50 is not cause for celebration just as the state's ranking 42 out of 51 (DC included) in the % uninsured with 11.7% is not. You can see a discussion of it on C-SPAN's Washington Journal at the 1:34:00 mark. There is a discussion of the necessity of medical tests at the 48 minute mark. I cannot embed the video but it can be seen at the link below. The methodology is discussed and questions are asked
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