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FEDEX Seven Day Package Delivery Casts Doubt On Postal Service Package Delivery Rate Hikes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -FedEx’s announcement of seven-day-per-week delivery means higher USPS rates would likely drive business—and revenue—away from USPS. -
Congress Considers Targeting Secondary Patents on Prescription Drugs
Opinion -health-care-news, News -In another sign of growing impatience with the high cost of prescription drugs, bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House that would limit pharmaceutical companies’ ability to delay the entry of generic drugs into the market. -
CMS Allows Medicare Advantage Plans to Expand
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A new rule announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow providers of Medicare Advantage plans to expand the kinds of benefits they offer so they can compete more with each other and attract more participants overall. -
USDA Agencies to Move from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City Region
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is moving two units of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) out of Washington, D.C. to the Kansas City region in Kansas and Missouri. -
Congress Considers Bill Targeting Hospital Consolidation
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The national discussion on what to do about surprise medical bills has overshadowed a bill in Congress that would freeze the practice of hospital consolidation whereby large companies buy smaller hospitals and then raise their prices. -
FAIR Care Act Generates Further Reform Measures on Capitol Hill
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A bill intended to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage and reduce insurance premium prices is gaining some traction on Capitol Hill with the introduction of several related bills. -
U.S. Treasury Rule Foils States’ Attempts to Circumvent Tax Deductibility Cap
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Treasury has stymied efforts by high-tax states to circumvent the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) on federal tax returns. -
Congress, Trump Administration Consider Student Borrowing Changes
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Payments on 6.2 percent of the total amount of outstanding federal loans are delinquent or in collection, not including cancelled loans or deferred repayments. -
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Heartland Weekly: Frank Lasee Elected President of Heartland
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of July 22, 2019 -
San Francisco Bans E-Cigarettes
Opinion -health-care-news, News -San Francisco has become the first city in the country to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes. -
Wisconsin Lawmakers Continue to Resist Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Lawmakers in Wisconsin are resisting calls to expand Medicaid in the wake of a report by the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) claiming expansion would lower premiums in the individual health insurance market by 7 to 11 percent. -
Food Trucks Finally Allowed in Downtown Fort Pierce, Florida
Opinion -budget-tax-news -"Economic freedom is a fundamental right that benefits the community." -
Ohio Senators Push Measure to End Surprise Medical Bills, Improve Price Transparency
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Ohio Senate is trying to tackle rising medical costs with provisions in the chamber’s version of the state’s budget that would ban surprise medical bills and require hospitals and health care providers to be more transparent in their pricing. -
Bernie’s Labor Pains: Three Takeaways
Opinion -Bernie Sanders is having trouble with his unionized--and apparently underpaid--labor force. -
$15 Federal Minimum Wage Could Cost 3.7 Million Jobs, CBO Reports
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Raise the Wage Act would also eliminate the federal minimum wage for tipped workers. -
U.S. Senate Considers Reversing Supreme Court Patent Rulings
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A U.S. Senate panel is considering a bipartisan proposal that could broaden patent protection on discoveries involving natural processes, including human genes. -
Employers Take Steps to Rein in Rising Health Insurance Costs
Opinion -health-care-news, News -No longer content to let government, hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies shape the nation’s health care system, employers are showing a growing willingness to rein in rising medical costs on their own, concludes a new report by the PwC Health Rese -
Michigan Ends No-Fault Auto Insurance Mandate
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The average cost for an automobile insurance policy in Detroit is more than $5,000 per year. -
President Takes Aim at Health Care Costs by Promoting Transparency
Opinion -health-care-news, News -In a far-reaching executive order, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to spearhead a multiagency effort to assist patients in making informed decisions when addressing their health care needs. -
Michigan Gives Out Free Nicotine Patches, Gum as Part of Stop Smoking Campaign
Opinion -News -The Michigan Department of Public Health (DHHS) is offering up to eight weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to residents who call a tobacco quit line. -
Oklahoma Supreme Court Allows Medicaid Expansion Ballot Initiative
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Within hours of hearing oral arguments, the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected an effort to stop a petition drive that would put Medicaid expansion on the 2020 ballot. -
New York Enacts Statewide Rent Control Law
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Any municipality in the state can enact rent control ordinances. -
The Future is Bright at Heartland
Opinion -Legacy Quarterly Report Newsletter -The Heartlander, Summer 2019 -
Florida Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Lottery Warning Labels
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Florida would be the first state with such an advisory message.
