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Generic Price Gouging Decision Upheld
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Maryland’s 2017 law that allowed the attorney general to review and regulate price increases of generic or off-patent drugs. -
Telemedicine Offers Remedy for Rising Travel and Wait Times
Opinion -Travel and wait times for health care cost patients $89 billion annually, according to an analysis by Altarum, giving new vigor to legislative arguments supporting telemedicine. -
Courts Reject Challenges to EPA Policy on Science Advisory Boards
Opinion -In two separate cases, federal courts tossed out lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s policy aimed at preventing conflicts of interest for people serving on the agency’s scientific advisory boards. -
COP 24: Africans Promote Oil and Coal at Katowice Climate Summit
Opinion -Hecklers protested the U.S. event on fossil fuels but nobody bothered the Africans when they promoted the role of oil and gas in national development. -
Heartland Weekly: Solidarity, Heartland Partner Together at COP24
Opinion -Week of December 3, 2018 -
Ohio Changes Medicaid Drug Pricing System
Opinion -The Ohio Department of Medicaid announced its five managed-care plan providers will transition from a spread-pricing drug purchasing model to a pass-through approach by 2019. -
Heartland Hits AEI Panel with Tough Questions on Implementing Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -Think tank known globally for promoting sound climate science and economics counters pro-Paris efforts -
Heartland’s James Taylor on NewsmaxTV Talking EPA and Coal
Opinion -Heartland Institute Senior Fellow for Environment and Energy Policy James Taylor was a guest on "America Talks Live" on NewsmaxTV. -
Trump Administration Considers Allowing Some Drug Imports
Opinion -HHS Secretary Alex Azar has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a working group to weigh the risks and rewards of drug importation, which is currently banned in the United States. -
Many More Medicaid Recipients Could Work, White House Reports
Opinion -A new report from The Council of Economic Advisors finds 60 percent of working-age, non-disabled Medicaid recipients work less than 20 hours per week, and the authors suggest Congress pass a law requiring states to place work requirements on Medicaid. -
CMS Submits Proposed Rule Changes for Fee-Based Services
Opinion -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed rule changes to provide Medicare beneficiaries with greater access to fee-based primary care practices. -
States Challenge Constitutionality of Obamacare
Opinion -Twenty states have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare, based on provisions in the tax reform legislation President Donald Trump signed into law in December 2017. -
Trump Administration To Target Prescription Drug Prices
Opinion -The Trump administration has recently released a plan to target the price of prescription drugs by implementing free-market solutions to help bring down the cost of health care. -
Heartland Dissects the 2017 Climate Science Special Report
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #280 -
Heartland Weekly: Harvard’s Bogus ExxonMobil Study
Opinion -A new Harvard study by Naomi Oreskes and Geoffrey Supran is full of biased statements coming from researchers with an axe to grind. This story and more in last week's edition of Heartland Weekly. -
Arizona Legislature Hosts Balanced Budget Amendment Convention Planning Meeting
Opinion -Arizona’s legislature will host a national planning session, authorizing rules and procedures for an upcoming future national amendment convention. -
Tesla Continues to Use Government to Rob the Poor to Pay the Rich
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #258 -
Hospital Revenue Declines as Patients Gain Obamacare Insurance
Opinion -ACA was projected to increase revenue at the hospitals in the report. -
Arizona Slates Article V Planning Convention for September
Opinion -The planning convention would lay the groundwork for an amendment convention in the future. -
Patients Praise Price Transparency, Though Few Use It
Opinion -Price transparency tools abound but are not widely used. -
Ohio Gov. Kasich Vetoes Medicaid Expansion Freeze
Opinion -The Ohio House of Representatives has declined to vote to override the veto, for the moment. -
Socialized Medical System Deprives Child of Possible Lifesaving Treatment
Opinion -In the United Kingdom, the parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard have been fighting for the right to obtain treatment for their son in the United States. -
Senate Considers ‘Skinny’ Repeal of Obamacare
Opinion -The Senate has rejected a full repeal of Obamacare twice in two days. -
Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down State’s Medical Malpractice Reform
Opinion -Florida is one of the highest-paying states for medical malpractice lawsuits.
