Opinion
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West Virginia Takes Step Approach at CON Repeal
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that eliminates a $1,000 fee charge that is most often refunded when seeking Certificate of Need (CON) approval. -
Death, Taxes and Prosperity
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -We like taxing businesses because they appear rich. Yet the question of who truly pays business taxes is very complicated. -
HHS Urged to Update HIPAA to Protect Patient Medical Records
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The data sharing deal between Google and Ascension Health raises patient privacy concerns. -
High Schoolers’ Dream Careers Don’t Match Job Market Reality
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -OECD Report finds teenagers’ choices for an “ideal career” have narrowed over the past two decades and don’t reflect the new economy. -
Physician Group Sues Adam Schiff for Attempting to Censure Vaccine Debate
Opinion -News -The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and a New York state resident are suing U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-California) for trying to suppress what he deems “inaccurate” vaccine information on the internet. -
Profile: Empire Center – Working Toward A Better New York
Opinion -budget-tax-news -New York has earned its reputation as a high-tax state, but a major policy win by the Empire Center is helping change that. -
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Heartland Weekly: Alarmists Dial Back Dire Scenarios
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of February 10, 2020 -
Congressional Resolution on Physician Assisted Suicide Gets Bipartisan Support
Opinion -News -A congressional resolution to block the legalization of physician assisted suicide is receiving bipartisan support as states continue to legalize “death with dignity.” -
Feds Probe Red-Light Camera Corruption in Illinois, Legislators Back Ban
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Across the United States, 341 communities use red-light cameras, including 68 municipalities in Illinois, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. -
Democratic Presidential Contenders Push for Climate ‘Stress Test’ Requirement on Banks
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Several Democratic presidential candidates want the federal government to require periodic “stress tests” on large banks to ensure they can handle potential economic blows from climate change. -
Investors Clamoring to Advance Kidney Care, Says HHS Deputy Secretary
Opinion -health-care-news, News -President Donald Trump’s kidney care initiative has energized investors and innovators, Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan told The Heartland Daily Podcast, -
New Medicare Payment Model to Incentivize At-Home Kidney Dialysis
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is finalizing rules for a mandatory payment model meant to improve kidney care and reduce costs. -
Chicago’s Progressive Mayor Actually Abhors Progress
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Apparently, Mayor Lightfoot is willing to cast aside her progressive values in a rather desperate attempt to tackle the city’s out-of-control debt by nickel and diming her constituents. -
Feds Nix Wyoming’s Plan to Regulate Air Ambulances Through Medicaid
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) denied Wyoming’s request to expand Medicaid so it can control the price and distribution of its air ambulance service. -
Too Many Regulatory Silos in Patient Care, Says HHS Deputy Secretary
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Director Eric Hargan says his agency is trying to eliminate regulatory barriers to health care in a way that would improve delivery and maintain “safeguards to patients.” -
Kansas Lawmakers Bow to Pressure to Expand Medicaid
Opinion -News -Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) and Republican State Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning (R- District 8) announced a compromise proposal that would expand Medicaid to 150,000 Kansans, a step towards Kelly’s campaign promise to expand Medicaid eligibility in th -
CMS Approves Utah’s Medicaid Work Rules After Rejecting Partial Expansion
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a work requirement for enrollees in the state’s expanded Medicaid program. -
Legal Firearms on College Campuses Don’t Increase Violence, Universities Report
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The College Fix, a news website, contacted “multiple public universities in states where campus carry is legal,” and none of those responding reported any increase in gun violence since adopting policies allowing campus carry. -
The Mixed Economy Is a Mess
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -The country is almost split down the middle about whether government does too much or too little. -
Physicians Lose Jobs to Nurse Practitioners at Suburban Health Clinics
Opinion -health-care-news, News -On April 1, the Edwards-Elmhurst Hospital Health system will replace fifteen physicians at seven immediate care clinics in the Chicago suburbs with lower-cost nurse practitioners (NPs). -
House, Senate Bills Would Expand Health Savings Accounts
Opinion -News -In the midst of a national health-care debate over surprise billing, Medicare-for-All, the public option, and drug price transparency, a new front has been opened on Capitol Hill: expansion of health savings accounts (HSAs). -
Congress Considers Broader Protections for Corporate Whistleblowers
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of protection under existing law to employees who report wrongdoing directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). -
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Heartland Weekly: Canceling Student Debt Would Be a Big Mistake
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of January 27, 2020 -
Pennsylvania Legislators Consider Occupational Licensing Reforms
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Access to steady employment is necessary to reduce recidivism, but Pennsylvania, like many states, has made it exceedingly difficult for ex-felons to reenter the workforce.
