Opinion
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Medical Expert Opposes Proposed Federal Restrictions on Anemia Drugs
Opinion -(CHICAGO, October 5, 2007) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which pays the bills and writes the regulations for Medicare and Medicaid, has proposed new guidelines under which it will not in some circumstances pay for use of drugs -
Experts Support President’s Veto of SCHIP
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - October 5, 2007) On October 3, President George W. Bush vetoed a $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) approved by Congress the week before. -
Competing Health Reform Plans Battle it Out on Campaign Trail
Opinion -In early September, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said he wants to make preventive care mandatory in his proposed universal health insurance system. -
Heartland Institute Releases Ten Principles of Health Care Policy
Opinion -The proper role of government in financing and delivering health care is one of the hottest public policy issues of our time. Some experts call for more regulation and more subsidies, while others call for less. All levels of government in the U.S. -
Experts Agree with President’s Rationale to Veto SCHIP Proposal
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - September 24, 2007) Created in 1997, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) provides health insurance coverage for families with too much income to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough income to afford private -
Experts Agree: FDA Reform Measure Is Flawed
Opinion -(CHICAGO, September 21, 2007) Congress is in the eleventh hour for debate over the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act (FDARA), a funding bill analysts say must pass this week to prevent a budget crisis at the agency. -
SCHIP Is for Children in Name Only
Opinion -As the House Ways and Means Committee considers a bill for a huge expansion of SCHIP, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, it’s important to know exactly what the program has accomplished during the decade it has been in place. -
Talking Points on Universal Health Care
Opinion -Click here to download a PDF version of these Talking Points What is Universal Health Care? Universal health care is a straw man. -
Wisconsin Senate OKs $15.2 Billion Payroll Tax Increase
Opinion -A controversial health insurance mandate passed the Wisconsin Senate 18-15 on June 26, less than 24 hours after its introduction. The bill requires everyone in the state to have health insurance. -
Campaign Against Drug Piracy Heats Up
Opinion -Increased efforts and revamped strategy to fight counterfeiting and piracy in the U.S. pharmaceutical market and several other industries worldwide took place in June. -
Keeping Your Eye On The Ball
Opinion -The American health care system has three fundamental problems: cost, quality, and access. Cost: Health care spending per capita is growing at twice the rate of growth of national income. -
Electronic Medical Records May Offer a Partial Solution in Health Care
Opinion -Paper Kills--Transforming Health and Healthcare with Information Technology David Merritt, editor Center for Health Transformation, 2007 150 pages, paperback ISBN: 9781933966021, $19. -
Wisconsin County to Use Technology to Speed Delivery of Emergency Care
Opinion -An ambitious project to electronically link all emergency rooms in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin launched on June 20--the first of its kind nationwide. -
Dual-Tracking System for Rx Drugs Would Improve Medical Care
Opinion -Excerpted from the booklet More Choices, Better Health: Free to Choose Experimental Drugs, by Bartley J. Madden--the last in a several-part series. The complete booklet is available at http://www.heartland.org. -
Book Review: Economics Explained Enjoyably
Opinion -Bulls Don't Blush, Bears Don't Die Barry Asmus AmeriPress, 2006 365 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 978-0970987327, $44.50 available online through Amazon. -
A Modest Proposal: Let Consumers Know Costs
Opinion -Consumers have an insatiable appetite to learn more about all things related to their health. Last year, some 113 million of them used the Internet to get health information. -
Maryland County Is Nation’s First to Ban Trans Fats
Opinion -On May 15, Montgomery County, Maryland became the first county in the United States to ban artificial trans fats for most foods sold in restaurants and at prepared-food sections of supermarkets, after a unanimous vote by the county council. -
Medical Identity Theft Is a Growing Problem
Opinion -As a national push to adopt electronic medical records (EMRs) gains steam at all levels of government, a crack in the system is beginning to show: the threat of medical identity theft. -
Sicko Is Wacko
Opinion -If you like silly comedy films that are over-hyped, over-spun, and filled with half- and quarter-truths leading to false conclusions, then you will love Sicko, Michael Moore's latest cynical, hypocritical, and fictional agenda creation. -
Media Statement: Experts Agree: Federal SCHIP Restrictions are Good Policy
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - August 21, 2007) Today, the White House called for restricting expansion of the nationally funded, state-controlled State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). -
Study: Massachusetts Universal Care Plan Is Mostly Bad, Ugly
Opinion -A study released in late June by the Cato Institute assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Massachusetts' universal health care plan, which took effect on July 1. -
Foreign Drugs Too Unsafe to Import: Experts
Opinion -In May, the U.S. Senate approved a bill that would permit the importation of foreign prescription drugs if the U.S. Health and Human Services Department certifies them as safe. Senate Bill 1082, introduced by Sen. -
Candidates, Media Betray Their Ignorance on Health Care Policy
Opinion -On June 14, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards announced more details of his plan to guarantee universal health coverage on the national level. -
Evidence-Based Medicine Neglects Individual Needs
Opinion -The following is an excerpt from the paper "Restraining Health Care?
