Opinion
-
Illinois Mandates Insurance Coverage of EpiPens for Children, Teens
Opinion -News -Illinois is the first state to mandate insurance coverage of epinephrine injectors, more commonly known as EpiPens, for children. -
Report: Project Labor Agreements Have Cost New Jersey Taxpayers Half a Billion Dollars Since 2002
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Beacon Hill Institute: Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for government infrastructure construction have cost New Jersey taxpayers more than half a billion dollars by inflating the cost of government construction projects. -
Heartland Weekly: Expensive Climate Policies Sparked Chile Riots
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of October 28, 2019 -
Tennessee CON Phaseout Faces Resistance
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Forces are lining up against a proposed legislative phaseout of Tennessee’s certificate of need (CON) laws as a key lawmaker appears to be siding with a hospital system that claims repeal will put community hospitals in financial jeopardy. -
Louisiana State Bar Association Sued over Mandatory Dues
Opinion -budget-tax-news -"In Louisiana and 29 other states, those who practice law are being denied their First Amendment rights not to speak, not to associate with a group against their will, and not to pay for others’ political advocacy.” -
Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Claims Questioned
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Louisiana’s latest report on the economic impact of its three-year-old Medicaid expansion program is under fire for claiming it is “supporting more than 14,000 jobs across the state and supporting $889 million in personal earnings.” -
States Can Use Funny Math on Medicaid Expansion Economic Claims
Opinion -Editorial -The Louisiana Department of Health is expected to release a study by researchers at Louisiana State University claiming that Medicaid expansion created tens of thousands of jobs in state -
Michigan House Advances Constitutional Carry Legislation
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Republicans hold the majority in both the Michigan House and Senate, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, supports stricter gun regulation. -
CMS Establishes Rating System for Obamacare Insurance Plans
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are rolling out a star-based rating system to help people select health insurance plans on HealthCare.gov and to improve the overall quality of coverage. -
Michigan Grapples with Psychiatric Hospital Upgrade
Opinion -News -After months of delay, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has recommended the state downsize rather than expand the Caro Center, a 106-year old regional psychiatric hospital in the state’s “thumb” area. -
Poll: Voters Confused About Medicare for All
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Democrat voters are confused about what a single-payer, Medicare for All plan actually means, a new poll shows. -
Costs of Employer Health Plans Expected to Rise Further in 2020
Opinion -News -Large employers expect health care costs to rise by 6 percent in 2020, to $15,375 per employee, according to a survey by the National Business Group on Health. -
Trump Issues Executive Order to Protect, Improve Medicare
Opinion -health-care-news, News -President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at shoring up Medicare’s financial health and delivering better care to the nation’s seniors. -
Costs of Employer Health Plans Are Rising Faster Than Wages, Inflation
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Annual costs for employer-provided health plans are rising at a faster clip than wages and inflation, the 2019 Employer Health Benefits Survey by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation shows. -
- Government & Politics
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- Health Care
- Economy
- Government Spending
Heartland Weekly: Real Experts on Climate Change Advise Trump
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of October 21, 2019 -
Michigan’s CON Board Sidelines Promising Cancer Treatment
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Michigan Certificate of Need (CON) Commission adopted rules restricting patient access to CAR-T cell therapy, a cutting-edge cancer treatment covered in part by Medicare and Medicaid. -
Medicare Coverage of CAR-T Cell Therapy Raises New Questions
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Trump administration’s greenlighting of CAR-T cell cancer therapy for Medicare patients nationwide put an end to the patchwork of local determinations on the use of the innovative and expensive treatment. -
Medicare for All Could End Bernie’s Chance for Stents
Opinion -Editorial -Bernie Sanders had to cancel some campaign events because of chest pain and treatment for clogged arteries. He received two coronary artery stents. -
Postal Service Board of Governors Need to Embrace Innovative Reforms
Opinion -Editorial -The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors has reached a quorum for the first time since 2014. -
North Carolina Loosens Controls on Distillery Sales
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The ABC Regulatory Reform Act changes a number of state alcohol control regulations. -
Warren’s ‘Ultra-Millionaire Tax’ Is a Total Strike-Out
Opinion -Editorial -October is here, which means Americans are gearing up for two hallowed traditions: postseason baseball and political primaries. -
Thanks to Trump, 7 Million Have Quit Food Stamps
Opinion -Editorial -In three short years, the Trump administration has cut taxes and regulations. Therefore, people have more money to spend, and businesses (finally) have incentive to create lots of good-paying jobs. -
- Government & Politics
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- Health Care
- Economy
- Government Spending
Heartland Weekly: Warren’s ‘Ultra-Millionaire Tax’ Strikes Out
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of October 14, 2019 -
New Book Offers Solutions to the Failure(s) of Higher Education
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Richard Vedder is such a giant in education and economics that he was able to persuade 28 colleagues to write detailed prepublication comments about this book.
