Opinion
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VA Telemedicine Program Improves Patient Outcomes, Study Finds
Opinion -A telemedicine program implemented at 23 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in Virginia has decreased the number of patients transferred to other intensive care units (ICUs) at larger VA hospitals. -
Medicaid, Medicare Contribute to Rise in Opioid Abuse, Study Finds
Opinion -Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance companies share some responsibility for the rise of opioid abuse, a new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reports. -
California Jury Awards $289 Million in Pesticide Lawsuit
Opinion -In the first civil trial over claims the popular herbicide Roundup causes cancer, a California superior court jury awarded Dewayne Lee Johnson more than $289 million in compensatory and punitive damages from Monsanto Corporation. -
EPA Announces Replacement for Clean Power Plan
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to replace the Clean Power Plan developed by the agency under former President Barack Obama. -
Obama Carbon Colonialism and Climate Corruption Continue, Part 3
Opinion -USAID climate and sustainability policies perpetuate disease and malnutrition in poor countries. -
Youths’ Climate Lawsuit Dismissed by Washington State Court
Opinion -A climate change lawsuit filed against the state of Washington by a group of 13 youth activists was dismissed by a King County Superior Court Judge. -
House Votes to Repeal Medical Device Tax
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the Obamacare tax on medical devices, a move proponents of the repeal say will make innovation in health care less risky. -
Federal Health-Insurance Tax Exemptions to Top Half-Trillion Dollars
Opinion -Federal health-related tax exemptions, including the tax exclusion for employer-purchased health insurance, are now expected to exceed $500 billion in 2019. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Trump’s Affordable Energy Plan
Opinion -“For Americans looking to see the definitive end of Obama’s war on fossil fuels, this is an important victory” – with hopefully more ahead. - Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D. -
Taming the EPA Regulatory Hydra (Part 2): Further Solutions
Opinion -A 5-person commission and other modest changes would bring accountability to the agency. -
Obama Carbon Colonialism and Climate Corruption Continue, Part 2
Opinion -These Obama era anti-fossil-fuel, anti-development, anti-people policies are cloaked in lofty virtue-signaling language. But examined honestly and completely, they fail every humanitarian test. -
3-D Printer Firearm Parts Much to do About Nothing
Opinion -Seven states and Washington DC sued and successfully obtained a restraining order against release of plans to make firearm parts using 3D printers. -
Taming the EPA Regulatory Hydra (Part One): An Essential First Step
Opinion -In America’s most powerful, intrusive and costly agency, power resides in one administrator. -
The President’s Promise to Cut FDA Red Tape
Opinion -Technological advances touch every aspect of our lives, often in ways we rarely think about. -
A Double Ban Gets a Double Reversal
Opinion -Interior Department reverses activist-initiated Obama-era ban on farming activities in refuges. -
Heartland Weekly: AFEC Report: End CAFE Standards
Opinion -Week of August 13, 2018 -
AFEC Addresses Climate Progress, Threats
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #295 -
Tampa Bay Rays Continue Search for Ballpark Financing
Opinion -The Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball (MLB) team is planning to build an $892 million stadium in the city’s Ybor City neighborhood, possibly financed with a mixture of private and taxpayer money. -
Trump Administration Considers Allowing Some Drug Imports
Opinion -HHS Secretary Alex Azar has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a working group to weigh the risks and rewards of drug importation, which is currently banned in the United States. -
SCOTUS Nominee Kavanaugh’s Health Care Opinions Spotlighted
Opinion -Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's newest nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, is likely to be questioned at length about his opinions on health care. -
Many More Medicaid Recipients Could Work, White House Reports
Opinion -A new report from The Council of Economic Advisors finds 60 percent of working-age, non-disabled Medicaid recipients work less than 20 hours per week, and the authors suggest Congress pass a law requiring states to place work requirements on Medicaid. -
CMS Submits Proposed Rule Changes for Fee-Based Services
Opinion -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed rule changes to provide Medicare beneficiaries with greater access to fee-based primary care practices. -
States File New Documents in Obamacare Challenge
Opinion -The state challenge to Obamacare moves forward with supplemental documents filed and opening arguments set for sometime in September to decide if the law can be suspended while the legal challenge is being decided. -
Obama Carbon Colonialism and Climate Corruption Continue, Part 1
Opinion -USAID still pushes climate alarmism over energy, jobs, health and prosperity for poor countries.