Opinion
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Pelican Institute Serves as a Louisiana Health Care Policy Watchdog
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Editor’s note: Each month, Health Care News will be profiling a national and state-based public policy organization working to advance freedom in the health care market so that consumers and providers can all be winners. -
Organization Tracks Lawsuits Challenging Colleges’ Sexual Misconduct Policies
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -FIRE’s Campus Due Process Litigation Tracker is a searchable database of Title IX litigation. -
Report Shines Light on Pork-Barrel Spending in Tennessee
Opinion -budget-tax-news -From corporate welfare and cronyism to out-and-out thievery, the report rolls out no fewer than 25 examples of waste, fraud, and abuse. -
Bipartisan Spending Bills Will Fund Government Through September
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Spending increases add to the annual federal budget deficit, which increases the government debt, all of which depresses the economy and will lead to calls for tax hikes in the future. -
FCC Chairman’s Proposed Spectrum Auction for 5G Is Good Policy
Opinion -Public-spectrum auctions led by the FCC are a step toward market-based spectrum management and privatization of public airwaves while maintaining needed governance of spectrum. -
Portland Metro Voters Approve $475 Million Bond for Land
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The bonds were approved by a nearly two-to-one margin by voters in the tri-county region of Oregon. -
Wyoming Lawmakers Consider Imposing a Corporate Tax
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The bill could be considered during the next session of the legislature beginning in February 2020. -
Fast-Growing Georgia Faces Housing Shortages
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Peachtree State faces the prospect of soaring population growth and a woefully inadequate housing supply, especially in the booming Atlanta metropolitan area. -
FDA Faces Challenges Recruiting Scientists, Analysts
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Stephen Hahn was sworn in as FDA Commissioner December 17, 2019. Competing for a limited pool of talent could be a top challenge. -
Taxing Californians’ Patience
Opinion -Editorial -The new Prop. 13, very much unlike the iconic original, hurts taxpayers. -
How Much Does Government Assist the Poor?
Opinion -Editorial -Americans care about assisting the less fortunate, and over 100 government programs carry out this task. -
Congress’ Spending Binge Continues Unabated
Opinion -Editorial -A bipartisan majority of the 535 federal lawmakers who roam the halls of the House and Senate agreed on one big thing: spending $1.4 trillion on discretionary programs for the coming fiscal year. -
Ocasio-Cortez Never Wants To Hear The Words ‘Free Stuff’ Again
Opinion -Editorial -In a town hall in front of her Bronx constituents, Ocasio-Cortez, the self-avowed socialist, decreed, “It’s not that we deserve it because it’s a handout. People like to say, ‘Oh, this is about free stuff.’ This is not about free stuff.” -
Oh SNAP, USDA Finally Reforms Bloated Food Stamp Program
Opinion -Editorial -On December 4, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a long-overdue and much-needed rule change to the nation’s beleaguered SNAP, commonly known as “food stamps.” -
Poll: Millions Know People Who Died Because Health Care Was Unaffordable
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A new poll shows more than 13 percent of American adults believe someone they know died because they did not receive needed medical treatment or could not pay for it. -
Electric Vehicles Won’t be Cost Competitive with Fossil Fuel Powered Vehicles in the United Statesfor Another Decade, MIT Study Says
Opinion -environment-climate-news -It will be at least a decade before electric vehicles can compete in the marketplace with fossil fuel powered cars, according to a recent report from MIT. -
Medicare for All Would Reduce Household Income by 11 Percent, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Most Americans will pay much higher taxes and earn less income if Medicare for All becomes law, a new study by The Heritage Foundation states. -
Legal Challenge to Campus Speech Codes Settled
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -University of Michigan Eliminates Its "Bias Response Teams" -
Robust Economy Is Lifting People Out of Poverty, Census Bureau Reports
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Overall, more people are employed, and they are working more hours on the job, the Census Bureau reports. -
Louisiana Removes Thousands of Ineligible People from Medicaid Rolls
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Louisiana removed Medicaid benefits from 46,000 people who failed to document their income eligibility in an annual information request to renew coverage. -
Michigan Lawmaker to Offer CON Reforms
Opinion -health-care-news, News -After successfully blocking the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) Commission from restricting access to a cutting-edge cancer treatment, Michigan lawmakers will soon consider further CON reforms. -
Scandinavian Socialism is Less Real than Santa Claus
Opinion -If you believe that a large man in a red suit can fly around the world on a sleigh guided by reindeer and deliver presents to billions of homes on Christmas Eve, then you should also believe in Scandinavian socialism. -
New York City Spends Big to Send Homeless Out of Town
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The city’s Special One-Time Assistance program provides eligible homeless families a onetime cash transfer intended to pay for a year of rent in the city or elsewhere in the United States. -
Colorado Voters Reject State’s Plan to Spend Their Tax Refunds
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Prop. CC would have amended Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)
