Opinion
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Ohio Senators Push Measure to End Surprise Medical Bills, Improve Price Transparency
Opinion -The Ohio Senate is trying to tackle rising medical costs with provisions in the chamber’s version of the state’s budget that would ban surprise medical bills and require hospitals and health care providers to be more transparent in their pricing. -
Blaine, Busing and Educational Freedom
Opinion -Thanks to Kamala Harris and the state of Montana, school choice is back in the news. -
Bernie’s Labor Pains: Three Takeaways
Opinion -Bernie Sanders is having trouble with his unionized--and apparently underpaid--labor force. -
$15 Federal Minimum Wage Could Cost 3.7 Million Jobs, CBO Reports
Opinion -The Raise the Wage Act would also eliminate the federal minimum wage for tipped workers. -
Learning Liberty and the Power of Principles
Opinion -It is never possible to know beforehand or with full certainty whether right ideas will win out in a particular place and at any particular time. -
Frank Lasée Elected President of The Heartland Institute
Opinion -Former Wisconsin State Legislator, Member of Scott Walker Administration Takes Reins at 35-year-old National Free-Market Think Tank -
U.S. Senate Considers Reversing Supreme Court Patent Rulings
Opinion -A U.S. Senate panel is considering a bipartisan proposal that could broaden patent protection on discoveries involving natural processes, including human genes. -
Reinsurance, Direct Primary Care Can Improve Georgia’s Health Care Market, Study Finds
Opinion -Establishing a reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market and requiring large insurers to offer direct primary care coverage in their plans could help Georgia address “continuing problems” in the state’s health care system, a new study -
Employers Take Steps to Rein in Rising Health Insurance Costs
Opinion -No longer content to let government, hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies shape the nation’s health care system, employers are showing a growing willingness to rein in rising medical costs on their own, concludes a new report by the PwC Health Rese -
Never Have US Health Professionals Been So Foolish
Opinion -The belief that changing light bulbs, driving electric cars, and erecting wind turbines can improve human health is as medieval as the belief that bloodletting can cure disease. -
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Opinion -Gustave Aimard famously wrote that “There is something more powerful than the brute force of bayonets: it is the idea whose time has come.” -
Michigan Ends No-Fault Auto Insurance Mandate
Opinion -The average cost for an automobile insurance policy in Detroit is more than $5,000 per year. -
President Takes Aim at Health Care Costs by Promoting Transparency
Opinion -In a far-reaching executive order, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to spearhead a multiagency effort to assist patients in making informed decisions when addressing their health care needs. -
Michigan Gives Out Free Nicotine Patches, Gum as Part of Stop Smoking Campaign
Opinion -The Michigan Department of Public Health (DHHS) is offering up to eight weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to residents who call a tobacco quit line. -
Oklahoma Supreme Court Allows Medicaid Expansion Ballot Initiative
Opinion -Within hours of hearing oral arguments, the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected an effort to stop a petition drive that would put Medicaid expansion on the 2020 ballot. -
New York Enacts Statewide Rent Control Law
Opinion -Any municipality in the state can enact rent control ordinances. -
The Future is Bright at Heartland
Opinion -The Heartlander, Summer 2019 -
New Mexico Sets State Oil Production Record
Opinion -New Mexico produced nearly 246 million barrels of oil in 2018, up more than 40 percent from the previous year, setting a new record for oil production in the state. -
Bill to Reinstate Obama Pesticide Ban Ignores Science
Opinion -House legislation to ban neonicotinoids in wildlife refuges would hurt bees and wildlife. -
Florida Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Lottery Warning Labels
Opinion -Florida would be the first state with such an advisory message. -
Government is a Great Servant but Horrid Master
Opinion -Today bigger, supremely powerful global governments are justified by environmental claims. -
Heartland Weekly: ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ 50 Years Later
Opinion -Week of July 15, 2019 -
Federal Coal Sales Won’t Impact Climate, Trump Administration Says
Opinion -A federal district judge in Montana delivered a partial victory to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit calling for a halt to the Trump administration’s resumption of federal coal sales. -
PRESS RELEASE: Conservative Leaders and Patient Advocates Unite for FDA Reform
Opinion -“Free to Choose Medicine increases patient freedom, reduces costs, and delivers potentially life-saving medication to patients with debilitating or terminal illnesses.” - Christina Herrin
