Opinion
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States Move to Exempt Direct Primary Care from Insurance Regulations
Opinion -In an effort to encourage more consumer-driven health care provider models, a growing number of states are moving to exempt direct primary care (DPC) from insurance regulations. -
Non-Physician Practitioner Bill Fails in Florida Senate
Opinion -Proponents are not giving up the fight to expand the role of non-physician health care practitioners in Florida after a bill that would have allowed practitioners to work independently of doctors. -
Tesla Posts Big Losses as Government Subsidies Wane
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Tesla reported losses of $702 million during the first quarter of 2019, breaking a streak of two straight quarters posting a profit. -
Florida Legislature Approves International Drug Purchasing
Opinion -Florida has joined Colorado, Missouri, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia in attempting to save money on prescription drugs by importing them from another country. -
Tennessee Passes Education Savings Account Legislation
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -The Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation establishing an education savings account program supported by Gov. Bill Lee. -
New UN Report on Looming Mass Extinctions Exposed in US House Testimony
Opinion -Editorial -A new UN report warns that “around 1 million species already face extinction, many within decades.” -
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Heartland Weekly: The Biggest Lesson from ‘Game of Thrones’
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of May 20, 2019 -
Bills Before Congress Would Allow Use of Health Savings Accounts for Direct Primary Care Dues
Opinion -Congress is considering legislation that would modify the federal tax code to allow the use of pretax health savings accounts (HSAs) to pay for the noninsurance payment model of direct primary care (DPCs). -
Proposed FDA Rule on Biosimilars Suffix Sparks Industry Concerns
Opinion -The biosimilar drug industry, along with consumer, taxpayer and health care groups are crying foul over the Food and Drug Administration’s newly released guidelines requiring a four-letter suffix on biosimilar drug names that would distinguish them from t -
Federal Government To Offer One Million Acres in California for Oil and Gas Development
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management has offered a detailed plan to open more than a million acres of public and private land in California to oil and gas development, including through the use of fracking. -
Special Edition on Agriculture and Climate Change
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #324 -
Judge Rules Against Association Health Plans
Opinion -A federal judge struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2018 rule that loosened regulations on association health plans (AHP), temporary group health insurance plans for small businesses and associations, which are not subject to the same require -
Midwestern Governors Push Major Gas Tax Hikes
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Citing pressing transportation needs, three Midwestern governors – two Democrats and one Republican – are calling for significant gas tax hikes in their states. -
Florida Removes Certificate of Need Laws
Opinion -News -Health care consumers in Florida could soon be entering a new era of choice and competition as the state legislature has passed a bill eliminating much of the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws. -
New Book Presents Solutions for Financially Insolvent Entitlement Programs
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Provides straightforward explanations and direct, simple solutions to the nation’s entitlements crisis. -
Congress Considers D.C. Child Safety Account Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -H.R. 2538 would establish a Child Safety Account (CSA) program in the District of Columbia. -
Cities Turning to Non-Green Options to Handle Recyclable Material After China Halts Imports
Opinion -environment-climate-news -China’s decision ban recyclable waste imports is resulting in some U.S. cities beginning to burn or bury recyclable material rather than pay the higher prices to recycling companies. -
Colorado Eliminates Bail for Petty Crimes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Colorado has enacted a law eliminating pretrial bail for cases involving minor offenses. -
Costly Wind Power Menaces Man and Nature
Opinion -Editorial -The true costs of wind energy are too often (deliberately?) ignored or underestimated. -
FDA Approves Biotech Firm’s Genetically Modified Salmon Project
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has decided to permit Massachusetts biotech firm AquaBounty to begin importing genetically modified Atlantic salmon eggs to be raised at its private, land-based facilities. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Applauds Letter Urging FDA Reform by U.S. Sens. Cruz, Paul, Braun, and Lee
Opinion -Press Release -Senators ask Food & Drug Administration to Embrace ‘Parallel Track’ for Live-saving Drugs, a Keystone of Heartland’s ‘Free to Choose Medicine’ Reform -
Government Schools: Intentionally, We Don’t Understand Math Or English
Opinion -Editorial -Decades of government schools (kindergarten through grade 12) have poisoned America’s intellectual well. -
Make Those Nasty Drivers Pay!
Opinion -Editorial -Louisiana Senator Russell Long famously explained how most people feel about taxes: “Don’t tax you; don’t tax me; tax that fellow behind the tree.” -
Court Considers Challenge to Class Action Settlements
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Frank v. Gaos Challenges Abuse of Class Action Settlements