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Climate Change Weekly # 568—Greenland, Arctic Undermine ‘Unusual Climate Conditions’ Narrative
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
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Medicare Advantage Popularity Grows, Causing ‘Friction’ for Hospitals
Publication -Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration has reached as high as 70 to 80 percent in some markets, a hospital administrator tells Becker’s Hospital Review in a December 4, 2025, article, but it is creating “friction” and could lead to more hospitals cancelling MA contracts. MA plans are popular because of the “simplicity and potential cost savings” […] -
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Medicare Advantage Plans Profit When They Keep Enrollees Healthy – Commentary
Publication -The American health care system has two distinguishing characteristics. First, similarly situated individuals pay the same premium, regardless of their medical conditions. Put differently, no one who acquires health insurance ever pays an actuarially fair price. Second, insurers invariably lose money on people who are known to be relatively sick and make money on people […] -
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Judge Blocks Pilot Program to Improve 340B Accountability
Publication -A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to block a pilot program aimed at keeping better tabs on the federal 340B hospitals use to receive drug discounts. The pilot was scheduled to begin on January 1. On December 18, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker of the District of Maine issued the order while a […] -
Life, Liberty, Property #129: Minneapolis ICE Obstruction: ‘Resistance’ Is Now Open Rebellion
Opinion -Editorial -The shooting of a driver apparently attempting to escape from ICE agents and striking one of them with her SUV in Minneapolis is an appalling event. -
World Prosperity Forum Takes on the Globalist-Left’s World Economic Forum
Opinion -Press Release -The Heartland Institute will be streaming LIVE every day from Switzerland five straight days beginning January 19, 2026. -
Research & Commentary: New Hampshire Bill Would Protect State Pension Funds and Granite Staters’ Retirement Savings From ESG
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the New Hampshire House of Representatives would combat environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores by mandating public retirement systems in the Granite State, as well as their investment managers and proxy advisors, prioritize objective financial factors in investment decisions. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used by investment firms and […] -
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AI’s Potential and Challenges in Health Care – New Economic Report
Publication -“Medical knowledge is growing so rapidly that only 6 percent of what the average new physician is taught in medical school today will be relevant in ten years,” states a new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) report, “The Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Health Care Costs.” As AI transforms one sector after another, […] -
Climate Change Weekly # 567—A Meaningless Number Drives Climate Policy
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
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CDC Makes Major Changes to Vaccine Schedule
Publication -The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) drastically reduced the recommended vaccines on the childhood immunization schedule. Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill announced in an X post that he updated the schedule to recommend immunization against 11 diseases, down from the 17 that had previously been on the schedule. The total number of recommended childhood […] -
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud U.S. Withdrawal from United Nations Climate Treaty
Opinion -Press Release -"The UNFCCC was a misguided effort from its very beginning." -
Research & Commentary: Magnolia Student Accounts Would Be a Boon to Mississippi Families
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation introduced in the Mississippi House of Representatives would set up “Magnolia Student Accounts” (MSA), an education savings account (ESA) program open to all Mississippi K–12 students. These accounts would cover tuition, fees, and curricula for eligible children at private and parochial schools, as well as textbooks, uniforms, private tutoring services, school-provided extracurricular activities, and […] -
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Aggressive Organ Procurement Practices Revealed to Congressional Committee
Publication -The House Ways and Means Oversight subcommittee held a hearing on December 2 as part of its investigation into the questionable activities of organ procurement organizations (OPOs), the tax-exempt, federally designated monopolies involved in the recovery of organs for transplant. The investigation “revealed troubling clinical practices, misuse of taxpayer dollars, and questionable financial practices,” a December 4 […] -
Life, Liberty, Property #128: 2025 Breakdown
Opinion -Editorial -The events of the years 2020 through 2024 cast enormous doubt on the competence and decency of American government [and] all the nation’s other institutions. The past year accelerated that shattering of illusions. -
Affordability Crisis: Gavin Newsom’s California Energy Disaster
Opinion -Editorial -California is an energy affordability disaster. -
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Medicare Medical Savings Accounts Elude Enrollees
Publication -Medicare enrollees shopping for a “Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA)” are coming up short in most states because insurers do not offer them. After a limited demonstration in 1997, the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act made MSAs a permanent option for Medicare enrollees. The plans combine a high-deductible health plan with a medical savings account. […] -
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The GOP’s Option to Fix Medicare Is Right in Front of Their Eyes – Commentary
Publication -Following the federal government shutdown, health care, Medicaid, and Medicare have again surged to the forefront of national debate. Amidst all the finger-pointing, one truth is clear: America’s health care system remains bloated, costly, and unsustainable. For years, Republicans have excelled at identifying what’s wrong but have struggled to offer practical, free-market alternatives. Ironically, one […] -
Reverse Pyramid Scheme: Average Annual State Budget Is 37 Percent Federal Money
Opinion -Editorial -An alleged bulwark against the 50 states overspending like the federal government has been the old saw: “The states can’t print money.” -
Prosperity, Happiness, and Revolution
Opinion -Editorial -Capitalism is in the crosshairs of most progressive, post-modern, Marxist and anti-progress intellectuals and academics. Destroying capitalism would reduce our standard of living. But leftists might already be making Americans less happy than our prosperity should afford. Chris Rufo dissects the progressive assault in his excellent book America’s Cultural Revolution, including the work of the […] -
Crony Capitalism and Socialism
Opinion -Editorial -Voluntary transactions between consumers, firms, employees, and investors and direction using coercive commands, or capitalism and socialism, provide alternative ways to organize an economy. America’s mixed economy is neither capitalist nor socialist. But government favors for business, or “crony capitalism,” may be increasing support for socialism. Government can benefit businesses in numerous ways. Nobel prize […] -
40 Examples of Fake News in 2025
Opinion -Editorial -For the purpose of media accountability, Just Facts has summarized 40 misleading claims spread by journalists, commentators, and so-called fact checkers during 2025. Each example quotes a specific media outlet, but the vast bulk of these falsehoods and half-truths were spread by multiple news sources, and some were propagated by dozens. 1: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss An Associated Press article published by PBS in December claimed that “climate change” is making […] -
U.S. Colleges Are Rapidly Losing Relevance. Students Should Consider Other Options
Opinion -Editorial -Students are less prepared than ever for college, but grade inflation continues. -
MAGA Socialists?
Opinion -Editorial -The MAGA movement has never seemingly embraced socialism. Does this portend a socialist future? -
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Hospitals Spending Billions on New Construction
Publication -Hospital construction is experiencing a boom as the trend of consolidation of medical facilities continues, particularly in urban centers, even as most markets are experiencing net closures. An October 27 article in Becker’s Hospital Review, for example, cited 13 hospital construction projects in 2025 worth at least $1 billion each. IBIS World, in an October […]
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