Opinion
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Study: ‘Medicare for All’ Would Cost $32.6 Trillion Over First 10 Years
Opinion -health-care-news -Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I–VT) plan for a national, single-payer health insurance system, known as “Medicare for All,” would cost $32.6 trillion over its first 10 years, according to a new study by George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. -
Four Cities Sue Trump Admininstration Over Obamacare
Opinion -health-care-news -The cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Columbus filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in a Maryland federal court, alleging the president is not faithfully executing the ACA and is unconstitutionally 'sabotaging' the law. -
Wisconsin Faces Massive Unfunded Health Care Liabilities
Opinion -health-care-news -Twenty-five Wisconsin cities face a total of nearly $2.25 billion in unfunded liabilities, many of which are related to health care benefits promised to retired workers, a Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Senate Attempt to Ban Short-term Health Plans
Opinion -Press Release -' Let’s hope that election-year gimmicks do not steal this desperately-needed option from millions of Americans' - Tim Huelskamp -
Minnesota Utility Proposes Biogas Pilot Program
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Centerpoint Energy of Minnesota asked the Minnesota Public Utility Commission to allow a pilot program in which its customers could purchase renewable natural gas as fuel for home heating and cooking. -
Quinn Slobodian and the Academic Attack on Mises and Hayek
Opinion -Editorial -We are living in a world of the anti-liberal counter-attack against individual liberty, free markets and limited government. -
Anti-2nd Amendment, Anti-Energy Bloomberg’s Latest Big Money Assault On Freedom
Opinion -Editorial -Billionaire Michael Bloomberg long ago joined a coterie of Leftists billionaires – who have become snide caricatures of themselves. -
PRESS RELEASE: Congressional Climate Solutions Caucus Betrays Republican Voters
Opinion -Press Release -‘Climate Solutions Caucus works hand-in-hand with the leftist Citizens’ Climate Lobby’ -
When Will the Music Stop? No One Knows, But When It Does the Bill to Taxpayers Will Be Huge
Opinion -Editorial -It has been said that economists have predicted “nine of the last five recessions,” or words to that effect, suggesting that the “dismal science” can’t be trusted. -
Can Poor Families Sue John Kerry for Climate Policy Deaths?
Opinion -Editorial -Conjectural future tolls from climate change pale compared to real energy poverty deaths now. -
Heartland Weekly: Taking Down the Climate Solutions Caucus
Opinion -Editorial -Week of October 1, 2018 -
The IPCC is still wrong on climate change. Scientists prove it.
Opinion -Editorial -On October 8, the IPCC released a special report on the alleged impacts of global warming. Three days earlier, NIPCC released the Summary for Policymakers of its own forthcoming report. The two reports tell dramatically different stories. -
Lizard’s Legal Status Threatens Texas Oil and Gas Operations
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Texans are once again engaged in a battle to protect both a tiny reptile—the dunes sagebrush lizard—and the giant Permian Basin oil and gas industry. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Kavanaugh Confirmation Vote
Opinion -Press Release -"Welcome to the court, Justice Kavanaugh." - Heartland Institute President Tim Huelskamp -
Lessons from Other Countries: an Unprincipled Appeal to Authority
Opinion -Editorial -Lessons from foreign nations should be viewed with skepticism for three reasons. -
PRESS RELEASE: International Panel Calls for End to Global War on Fossil Fuels
Opinion -Press Release -The 27-page Summary provides an early look at a 1,000-page report expected to be released on December 4 at a climate science symposium during the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP-24) in Katowice, Poland. -
Georgia Considers CON Reforms to Increase Health Care Access
Opinion -health-care-news -Georgia lawmakers are considering reforms to the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws, the regulatory framework designed to limit health care providers’ ability to provide new facilities and services. -
New Jersey Obamacare Reforms Approved by CMS
Opinion -health-care-news -CMS approved a Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver allowing New Jersey to create a reinsurance program and free the state from the requirement to consider all enrollees in the individual health insurance market to be part of a single risk pool. -
Ronald Reagan and the Midterms
Opinion -Editorial -In August, 21 percent of Americans cited "Dissatisfaction with government/Poor leadership" as the most pressing problem. Close behind, 17 percent stated "Economic Problems." -
Abracadabra! Liberals Claim Universal Basic Income Makes Poverty Disappear
Opinion -Editorial -In July, Chicago Alderman Ameya Pawar introduced legislation for a universal basic income (UBI). Pawar’s UBI bill would deliver $500 per month to 1,000 Windy City families—no strings attached. -
Proposed Endangered Species Reforms: Good but Not Good Enough
Opinion -Editorial -The 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been a costly fiasco. It has failed to protect or help revive species at risk of extinction. -
Taxpayers Strike Out When Forced to Pay for Billionaires’ New Stadiums
Opinion -Editorial -Old arguments and justifications have worn thin — and fans are no longer fooled. -
Judge Okays New York Natural Gas Power Plant Tests
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A New York county Supreme Court justice has ruled Competitive Power Ventures can resume startup tests at its new natural gas power plant in Wawayanda, New York. -
The Dressing-Down of America—Literally
Opinion -Editorial -Can a school dress code be sexist? According to Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) officials, the answer is a resounding “yes.”
