Opinion
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White House Competition Report Highlights Certificate of Need Laws
Opinion -The Trump administration released a new report, “Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition,” which outlines a series of free-market health care policy solutions. -
Obamacare Ruling Puts Focus on Medicare for All
Opinion -A federal judge ruled in favor of a state-led coalition arguing that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional following the repeal of the individual mandate. -
New Poll Shows Parties are Divided on Whether Health Care System Is ‘In Crisis’
Opinion -A new Gallup poll shows 70 percent of those surveyed believe the U.S. health care system is beset by significant problems, while 30 percent said they believe it has no problems or only minor problems. -
California Considers Implementing Individual Mandate
Opinion -The California Legislature is considering an individual mandate that would effectively force young, healthy Californians to purchase health insurance. -
Report: Occupational Licensing Is Costly to the U.S. Economy
Opinion -The Institute for Justice finds licensing barriers may cost the national economy more than 1.8 million jobs. -
USGS Finds Vast New Oil and Gas Reserves in Texas, New Mexico
Opinion -The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the Permian Basin in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, contains much more oil and gas than government and industry experts previously estimated. -
USDA Secretary Perdue Proposes Tighter Food Stamp Work Requirements
Opinion -Proposed rule focuses on tightening loopholes in SNAP’s work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents -
Governing Without Congress
Opinion -If America’s founders had been forced to choose between having no Congress, or no President, they would quickly have chosen the latter. -
When Environmentalism Becomes Corruption
Opinion -Environmental principles are too often used to stop lawful, responsible, vital land uses. We need rational rules to protect environmental values – and meet essential societal needs. -
Climate Hysterics Skyrocket
Opinion -Increasingly absurd disaster rhetoric is consistently contradicted by climate and weather reality. -
Heartland Weekly – Four Glaring Examples of the Socialist Agenda
Opinion -Week of January 14, 2019 -
Commentary: This Little-Known Fact Will Make It Harder to Tackle the National Debt
Opinion -Federal Reserve contributions toward national debt payments are falling -
Don’t Ban Plastic Bags!
Opinion -Learn the facts about plastic versus paper bags – and bag the bans, instead. -
What Professionals Considering ‘Sustainable Investment’ Policies Should Know
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #311 -
Wisconsin Attorney General: ‘Wedding Barns’ Subject to State Liquor Laws
Opinion -Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says barns rented for weddings and other events require liquor licenses. -
Climate Doom Ahead? Think Twice.
Opinion -It’s one word – but it could change the course of the world for decades to come. -
New Jersey Considers Defined-Contribution Public Employee Pensions
Opinion -Legislators are considering moving new state and local public employees from the Garden State’s underfunded pension systems to defined-contribution plans. -
Trump Signs Bipartisan ‘First Step’ Criminal Justice Reform
Opinion -One of the largest reforms of the federal criminal justice system in generations is now law. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Introduction of Child Safety Account Legislation
Opinion -“No child should be forced to remain in an unsafe education environment.” - Lennie Jarratt -
The US Should Ban Spying China From Selling Us Commuter Trains – Especially In DC
Opinion -This Donald Trump-Russia Collusion nonsense – is nonsense for about nine million different reasons. -
Florida Supreme Court Rebuffs Challenge to Public School System
Opinion -The Court ruled that the adequacy of the schools is a political question, not a judicial question -
Leftist Radicals to Blame for Decline of Small Colleges like UW-SP
Opinion -Who needs "history" -- all that irrelevant focus on dead white men -- anyway? -
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Consider Property-Tax Swap Bill
Opinion -Bill would slash property taxes, hike state personal income tax -
States Sue Companies Over 2015 Health Care Data Breach
Opinion -Twelve state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against several information technology companies and their subsidiaries, alleging poor business practices led directly to the theft of private health care data of 3.9 million people in a 2015 data breach.
