Opinion
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Heartland Weekly: Expensive Climate Policies Sparked Chile Riots
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of October 28, 2019 -
EPA Grants Small Refineries Biofuel Waivers
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection agency granted 31 waivers to small refineries allowing them not to blend ethanol into their products without penalty. -
Tennessee CON Phaseout Faces Resistance
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Forces are lining up against a proposed legislative phaseout of Tennessee’s certificate of need (CON) laws as a key lawmaker appears to be siding with a hospital system that claims repeal will put community hospitals in financial jeopardy. -
Louisiana State Bar Association Sued over Mandatory Dues
Opinion -budget-tax-news -"In Louisiana and 29 other states, those who practice law are being denied their First Amendment rights not to speak, not to associate with a group against their will, and not to pay for others’ political advocacy.” -
Chile Riots Offer More Proof Public Rejects Costly Climate Policies
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #340 -
Climategate: Ten Years Later
Opinion -Editorial -Climate alarmists are still promoting junk science, fossil fuel bans and wealth redistribution. -
Trump Administration Moves to Force Hospitals, Insurers to Disclose Prices
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Trump administration is launching a plan to require hospitals to disclose publicly the prices for certain medical services they negotiate with insurance companies. -
Company Helps Physicians Leave Third-Party Payment System
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A new company is helping free physicians from the “hamster wheel” of the third-party health insurance payment system. -
ALEC: Education Report Card Ranks Arizona, Florida, Indiana Highest
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The 23rd annual edition of the Report Card on American Education by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia, -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Celebrates Halloween with 10 ‘Climate Scares Debunked’ Videos
Opinion -Press Release -The short, sharable videos, debunk some of the biggest phony climate scares meant to spook kids and adults, alike -
Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Claims Questioned
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Louisiana’s latest report on the economic impact of its three-year-old Medicaid expansion program is under fire for claiming it is “supporting more than 14,000 jobs across the state and supporting $889 million in personal earnings.” -
States Can Use Funny Math on Medicaid Expansion Economic Claims
Opinion -Editorial -The Louisiana Department of Health is expected to release a study by researchers at Louisiana State University claiming that Medicaid expansion created tens of thousands of jobs in state -
Elizabeth Warren’s “No Teachers Union Left Behind” Campaign
Opinion -Editorial -Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren used to be a Republican, a Native American and pro-school choice. Now she is a Democrat, a Caucasian and anti-choice teacher union suck-up. -
Michigan House Advances Constitutional Carry Legislation
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Republicans hold the majority in both the Michigan House and Senate, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, supports stricter gun regulation. -
Winning the Day for Freedom
Opinion -Legacy Quarterly Report Newsletter -The Heartlander, Fall 2019 -
CMS Establishes Rating System for Obamacare Insurance Plans
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are rolling out a star-based rating system to help people select health insurance plans on HealthCare.gov and to improve the overall quality of coverage. -
Michigan Grapples with Psychiatric Hospital Upgrade
Opinion -News -After months of delay, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has recommended the state downsize rather than expand the Caro Center, a 106-year old regional psychiatric hospital in the state’s “thumb” area. -
Poll: Voters Confused About Medicare for All
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Democrat voters are confused about what a single-payer, Medicare for All plan actually means, a new poll shows. -
NH Supreme Court Rejects Northern Pass Transmission Line
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New Hampshire’s Supreme Court upheld a state commission’s rejection of the Northern Pass electricity transmission line. -
Costs of Employer Health Plans Expected to Rise Further in 2020
Opinion -News -Large employers expect health care costs to rise by 6 percent in 2020, to $15,375 per employee, according to a survey by the National Business Group on Health. -
We Need to Celebrate Human Achievement Day, Now More than Ever
Opinion -Editorial -October 21 was the anniversary of Thomas Edison’s invention of the first workable lightbulb. -
NBA Should Follow South Park’s Script and Quit Kowtowing to Communist China
Opinion -Editorial -Shamelessly, the NBA is more enamored with making money in China than respecting the First Amendment rights of its own fans in America or standing up for American values. -
Max Weber on Politics as a Vocation
Opinion -Editorial -Political election seasons are always interesting times. -
Facing Down the Surveillance State
Opinion -Editorial -A ban on facial recognition software used by law enforcement or government agencies that started in San Francisco and Oakland has, in part, gone statewide
