Editorials: Health Care

Medicaid Expansion: Déjà Vu All Over Again

Jane M. Orient, M.D.
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March 28, 2013
Republican governors are following the script of Obama and Clinton in their campaign strategy for the Medicaid expansion that is needed to implement

Left And Right Extremists Fail To See Paul Ryan's Win-Win Entitlement Reform

Peter Ferrara
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March 27, 2013
The New York Times told its readers on March 12 that Paul Ryan’s proposed 2014 budget involves “eliminating Medicare’s guarantee to retirees” and “dispensing with Medicaid and food st

The Right Needs an ETSY Earner Agenda

Benjamin Domenech
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March 20, 2013
The scene at CPAC was of a movement at a point of transition – the old Reagan coalition doing battle with a new more lib

New Obama Taxes Will Torpedo Senior Healthcare

Jim Martin
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March 08, 2013
Policy successes in Washington are few and far between these days, so more than ever we pray that our leaders follow the old adage, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." 

The Coming Sequester Lies

Peter Ferrara
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March 08, 2013
Almost a week since the dreaded sequester went into effect, and look out your window.

We All Live in a Ninny Nanny Land

David L. Applegate
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March 05, 2013
Anyone who still believes that the United States of America has a “free” market economy has obviously not taken a look at the health care sector lately.  Speaking as a practicing lawyer, one r

Three Governors: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Benjamin Domenech
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February 27, 2013
In the aftermath of the 2012 elections, Republicans took solace in the idea that while the GOP isn’t doing well in Washington, it’s winning in emphatic

Bill Bolling's Motives

Benjamin Domenech
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February 22, 2013
In Virginia, Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling says he will make his 

God for Obamacare … Dr. Ben Carson’s Heresy

Paul Kengor
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February 14, 2013
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at American Spectator.

Heartland Institute Experts React to State of the Union Address

Jim Lakely
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February 13, 2013
Here is the reaction of many Heartland Institute staffers, scholars, fellows, and policy advisors to President Obama's first second-term State of the Union address.