Opinion
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Report: Climate Activists Are Secretly Collaborating with State Governments
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new report details how a network of climate activists provides off-the-books staff members and consultants for governors and states’ attorneys general to pursue an anti-fossil fuel agenda. -
Australia Changes Government Leadership, Energy Policies
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Australia’s ruling Liberal Party has changed course on energy policy after an internal revolt against proposed energy restrictions cost Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull his job. -
Minnesota Regulators Approve Wind Farm Despite Local Opposition
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) unanimously approved construction of a controversial wind farm opposed by local residents in Freeborn County. -
A Critical Look at the U.S. Economy
Opinion -Editorial -The stock market has been soaring, unemployment is low, and there is some improvement in wages and corporate earnings, though significantly less than from other recession recoveries. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Marks National SAVE Day with Call for Child Safety Accounts
Opinion -Press Release -“National SAVE day is a reminder that bullying and school violence remains far too prevalent. Hence, Child Safety Accounts are needed more than ever to ensure students attend safe schools.” - Lennie Jarratt -
U.S. House Considers Bill to Delay and Repeal Obamacare Taxes
Opinion -health-care-news -The Save American Workers Act (SAWA), which would reduce the heavy taxes levied under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives. -
Survey: Consumers Blame Insurance Companies for Cost Surprises
Opinion -health-care-news -U.S. health care consumers are increasingly blaming insurance agencies when they receive unexpectedly high medical bills and fail to understand their benefits, a survey from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center (NORC) reports. -
Federal Court Considers Challenge to Iowa’s Certificate Of Need Laws
Opinion -health-care-news -In a preliminary victory for health care providers’ freedom and patients’ access to care, a federal court held a hearing on a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging Iowa’s certificate of need (CON) laws. -
New Mexico Launches Health Care Transparency Database
Opinion -health-care-news -The New Mexico Department of Health has launched a health care transparency website intended to spur competition between hospitals to help reduce costs and improve quality of care. -
California Bans Short-Term Limited-Duration Health Plans
Opinion -health-care-news -California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law banning the sale of short-term health insurance plans in the state. -
California Considers Taxpayer-Funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
Opinion -health-care-news -Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco and current California Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is calling for taxpayer-funded free health care for illegal immigrants. -
Obamacare Doubled Average Individual Health Insurance Premium, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news -Four years after the partial implementation of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, the average premium for individual health insurance in the United States increased 105 percent according to new research from The Heritage Foundation. -
But What Will Take Its Place?
Opinion -Editorial -Does government really need to regulate everything? Can no program be allowed to expire? -
Can Democrats Save Entitlements And Healthcare?
Opinion -Editorial -Both parties and all candidates have deep flaws, and problems have no sound-bite solutions. But at this point in history, there is a civil war over foundational principles. The agenda of a candidate’s party counts. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Praise Trump Administration for Increasing Obamacare Waivers
Opinion -Press Release -‘The training wheels are finally off and states can pursue the kind of systemic reforms that they need to lower the cost of health care and return real choice to consumers.’ -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Science Director Testifies Before New York City Council Committee on Sea Level Rise
Opinion -Press Release -'There is no evidence whatever to support impending sea-level-rise catastrophe' - Jay Lehr, Ph.D. -
The Party of Antifa Fascists?
Opinion -Editorial -Do we really want these intolerant, violent mobs and their representatives running America? -
Heartland Weekly: Trump Makes Bold Pitch for Climate Realism
Opinion -Editorial -Week of October 15, 2018 -
Hot Diggity Damn! U.S. Economy Sits Atop World Economic Forum Competitiveness Survey
Opinion -Editorial -America's improvement in global economic competitiveness is due to Trump’s reversal of Obama's failed economic policies. -
Why U.N. Climate Report Cannot Be Trusted
Opinion -Editorial -No one should take the new IPCC climate report seriously. -
How Al Gore Built the Global Warming Fraud
Opinion -Editorial -And changed the alarmism from global cooling to global warming, and now climate change. -
Trump Points Out Political Agenda Behind Climate Change Activism
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #302 -
Maine Governor Continues to Fight Medicaid Expansion, Despite Court Setback
Opinion -health-care-news -The Maine Supreme Judicial Court dismissed an appeal by Gov. Paul LePage for a stay in the state’s voter- approved Medicaid expansion, which LePage had refused to sign because the state has not established a way to pay for the expansion. -
Trump, Educated by Heartland, Makes Bold Pitch for Climate Realism
Opinion -Editorial -President Trump has stood up more firmly for sound science and climate realism than any prior president.
