Opinion
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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 -
Pseudo Scientists Wreak Havoc on Society’s Mental Stability with Fake Data
Opinion -Editorial -The excessive social media coverage and exposure to climate and weather-related natural disasters can result in any number of mental health consequences including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. -
Woke Evangelists Spread the Gospel
Opinion -Editorial -America’s newest religion is secular, and its zealous missionaries are focusing their efforts on the country’s youth. -
Trump Issues Executive Order to Protect, Improve Medicare
Opinion -health-care-news, News -President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at shoring up Medicare’s financial health and delivering better care to the nation’s seniors. -
States Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Demanding Stricter Asbestos Standards
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Ten states and Washington, D.C. sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demanding it undertake further research concerning risks stemming from the public’s exposure to asbestos. -
Costs of Employer Health Plans Are Rising Faster Than Wages, Inflation
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Annual costs for employer-provided health plans are rising at a faster clip than wages and inflation, the 2019 Employer Health Benefits Survey by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation shows. -
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Heartland Weekly: Real Experts on Climate Change Advise Trump
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of October 21, 2019 -
Michigan’s CON Board Sidelines Promising Cancer Treatment
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Michigan Certificate of Need (CON) Commission adopted rules restricting patient access to CAR-T cell therapy, a cutting-edge cancer treatment covered in part by Medicare and Medicaid. -
Medicare Coverage of CAR-T Cell Therapy Raises New Questions
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Trump administration’s greenlighting of CAR-T cell cancer therapy for Medicare patients nationwide put an end to the patchwork of local determinations on the use of the innovative and expensive treatment. -
This Halloween, the Monsters Are Coming for … Your Choices, Your Rights
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #339 -
Medicare for All Could End Bernie’s Chance for Stents
Opinion -Editorial -Bernie Sanders had to cancel some campaign events because of chest pain and treatment for clogged arteries. He received two coronary artery stents. -
The Accidental Brilliance of Silly Putty
Opinion -Editorial -Here’s the word of the day: viscoelastic. It is a substance that seems solid but slowly drips into a puddle over time. The same substance if pulled quickly snaps and breaks. -
Teachers Unions Trapping Children in Unsafe, Unhealthy Environments
Opinion -Editorial -The federal government just released a report about schools that concludes what anyone who has ever ridden a public bus, used a public bathroom or stood in line at the DMV could tell you: Private is better. -
Postal Service Board of Governors Need to Embrace Innovative Reforms
Opinion -Editorial -The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors has reached a quorum for the first time since 2014. -
Climate Change Curriculum in Med School Is a Waste of Time and Money
Opinion -Editorial -It has never been easy to become a medical doctor, but today, the nation’s best and brightest have to do more than graduate college with straight A’s, ace their MCATs, and spend considerable time and money applying to med school. -
High Pay, Shorter Tenure for University Leaders
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The tenure of higher education leadership is getting shorter, pay greater. -
Surveys Show Many Support Climate Action, But Only If It’s Really Cheap
Opinion -Editorial -Public opinion surveys continue to show people’s concerns about catastrophic climate change are a mile wide and an inch deep. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Marks Halloween by Releasing ‘Climate Scares Debunked’ Videos
Opinion -Press Release -The 10 short, sharable videos, debunk some of the biggest phony climate scares meant to spook kids and adults, alike -
North Carolina Loosens Controls on Distillery Sales
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The ABC Regulatory Reform Act changes a number of state alcohol control regulations. -
Warren’s ‘Ultra-Millionaire Tax’ Is a Total Strike-Out
Opinion -Editorial -October is here, which means Americans are gearing up for two hallowed traditions: postseason baseball and political primaries.
