Opinion
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Policy Institute Profiles: Institute for Policy Innovation
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Institute for Policy Innovation was created in 1987 to analyze and promote pro-growth economic policies, stressing the importance of free markets, low taxes, and limited government. -
California Reclassifies Contractors as Employees, Targeting the Sharing Economy
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A.B. 5 is expected to affect up to one million contract workers statewide and upend the business models of ridesharing platforms such as Uber and Lyft. -
Role of Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants to Expand Under Medicare
Opinion -health-care-news, News -President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to practice under their full scope as Medicare providers. -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Represents Unaccountable, Illegitimate Exercise of Power
Opinion -Editorial -Established in 2011 as part of a series of reforms responding to the financial crisis, the CFPB will soon be at the center of a Supreme Court battle on the fundamental nature of the Constitution’s separation of powers. -
Trump Administration Moves to Ease Rules on Value-Based Care
Opinion -News -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new rules that could make it easier for physicians to provide and coordinate patient care, particularly for those in value-based payment models which base reimbursement on outcomes. -
Ineffective Federal Policies Cause Havoc in Biosimilars Market
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Lawsuits are being filed and a trade group released a report stating “anti-competitive” marketing practices by biologic drug makers are costing the health care market billions of dollars, -
Hospitals Respond Well to CMS Payment Incentives on Quality Care Measures
Opinion -News -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) say more hospitals will receive positive payments than negative ones under its program to incentivize quality care for Medicare hospital patients. -
Congress Considers Prescription Drug Price Controls for Seniors
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A sweeping drug pricing bill pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been slowed by a disagreement between progressive and more moderate Democrats. -
Insurer Begins Covering Pharmacogenetic Testing Despite FDA Warning
Opinion -News -Parmacogenetic testing is a new field in prescription medicine. -
University of California System Announces Fossil Fuel Divestment
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The University of California announced the system’s endowment and its pension fund are going “fossil-free.” -
Trump Administration Considers Indexing Capital Gains for Inflation
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Indexing would lower the effective tax rates on sales of long-term investments such as stocks, mutual funds, and residences. -
Heartland Weekly: Americans Don’t Want a Socialism
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of November 25, 2019 -
Lawsuit Challenges Illinois Policy on Vitamin K Shots for Newborns
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A group of parents filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), pediatricians, and several hospitals after their newborn babies were seized for hours when the parents declined vitamin K shots -
Maine Voters Will Decide Vaccine Exemptions on March Ballot
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A group of parents in Maine collected enough signatures to let voters decide whether to keep or repeal L.D. 798, the state’s recently enacted vaccine law eliminating religious and philosophical exemptions for most public-school students. -
The Stock Market Hedges Against Warren
Opinion -Editorial -"Mattress Mack" bet a total of $13 million on the Houston Astros winning the World Series, not because he's such a fan, but to cover his business losses if that were to happen. -
Indiana, Arizona Stall on Medicaid Work Rule, Blaming Lawsuits
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Indiana and Arizona are holding off implementing their proposed Medicaid work requirements as lawsuits on the matter await resolution. -
Tennessee Makes Request to Become First Medicaid Block Grant State
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Eager to free their state from what they say is “excessive or unnecessary intervention in its Medicaid program,” officials in Tennessee are putting the final touches on a sweeping proposal to -
Electronic Medical Records, Administrative Burdens Are Causing Physicians’ Fatigue
Opinion -Editorial -I must admit I have mixed emotions about the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report. -
Health Care System Takes Heavy Toll on Nation’s Clinicians, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Long hours, a bureaucratic morass, and the constant threat of medical malpractice lawsuits are taking an increasingly alarming toll on the nation’s doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals and putting patients at risk, -
Texas Railroad Commission Establishes Safety Rules for Some Pipelines
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Texas Railroad Commission, the agency that regulates Texas’ oil and gas industry, rejected proposals from commission staff to impose stringent regulations on the small pipelines carrying oil and gas from wells to processing sites. -
Sanders Unveils Heavy ‘Tax on Extreme Wealth’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -“Billionaires should not exist,” Sanders stated in a tweet after announcing his proposal. -
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Heartland Weekly – Witnessing Climate Thuggery in Germany
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of November 18, 2019 -
Employer Wellness Program Is Illegal, Lawsuit Contends
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Employees of Yale University filed a class action lawsuit claiming the institution’s incentive for participation in wellness programs violates the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). -
Florida Group Petitions for Weapons Ban, Long-Gun Registration
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Florida measure would effectively ban the sale of all semiautomatic rifles that accept a detachable magazine or another feeding device.
