Opinion
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Millennials’ Health Insurance Premiums Skyrocket Under Obamacare
Opinion -The cost of health insurance premiums for young, healthy Americans have increased significantly under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, at the close of the law’s second open-enrollment period, according to a recent analysis from The -
Obamacare’s Exchange Crises
Opinion -Obamacare’s Exchange Crises Consumer Power Report #461 The Pioneer Institute reports on the behind-the-scenes crisis in Massachusetts, where the launch of the Obamacare exchange was disastrous. -
Uncovered: Wikipedia’s Leftist Ties and Its Censorship of the Facts
Opinion -Despite the protests of countless experts claiming Wikipedia is often not a reliable source of information, it remains perhaps the most influential and one of the most-visited websites on the planet. -
‘Green’ Apple Installs Diesel Generators, Ballyhoos Phony Forest Offset Scheme
Opinion -While Apple Inc. continues its laughable claim that its data centers are run “100-percent” on renewable energy – highlighted by a solar farm built adjacent to its server facility in Maiden, N.C. -
Big Government Advocates Say They Want More Competition – Their ‘Solutions’ Result in Less
Opinion -The road to Hell is paved with good government intentions.We need not ascribe malicious motives to Big Government advocates – we need only look at their results. -
Now is Not the Time to Hike State Taxes on Oil and Gas Industry
Opinion -In response to significantly lower oil and natural gas prices, America’s energy sector is retrenching rapidly. -
New York Regulators Considering Bitcoin Financing Regulations
Opinion -New York State financial regulators are crafting a framework for placing cryptocurrency processing companies under government supervision. -
Government Overpaid for Swing Beds, Inspector General Reports
Opinion -The federal government overpaid critical access hospitals (CAH) by about $4.1 billion over six years to provide skilled nursing services using hospital swing beds, says a report from the U.S. -
Wait Times for New Patients Vary Widely In Boston and Dallas
Opinion -If you are a new patient needing to see a doctor for the first time, you may have to wait, according to a survey by Merritt Hawkins, a physician search and consulting firm that questioned some 1,399 medical offices in 2014 to determine wait times for new -
More Spending is Not The Answer to a Slow Economy
Opinion -Old fallacies never seem to die, they just fad away to reemerge once again later on. -
Using ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ To Explain Economics
Opinion -New York-based comedian Andrew Heaton, who’s been a guest of the Budget & Tax News weekly podcast in the past, recently published a pretty funny video using The Shawshank Redemption, a classic movie in anyone’s book, to explain supply and demand, and how -
Montana Creates Tax Credit Scholarship Program Without Governor’s Signature
Opinion -Montana became the 28th state to enact tax credit scholarship legislation in early May, as Senate Bill 410, a pilot tax credit scholarship program, passed into law. The school choice legislation became law without Gov. Steve Bullock’s (D) signature. -
Solar Panel Leasing Scheme Threatens Home Ownership
Opinion -An increasing number of homeowners are receiving an unhappy surprise, a lien placed on their home by solar power companies they allowed to place solar panels on their homes in exchange for signing a long-term, typically 20 year, lease to purchase the -
Michigan Income Taxes Already Progressive
Opinion -Currently, the Michigan Constitution requires the state to use a flat income tax, where everyone pays the same percentage (4.25) of their income. But some want to scrape this and allow state legislators to set different rates for different people. -
Senate Bill Would Restrict President’s National Monument Power
Opinion -A bill sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) would restrict the president’s ability to unilaterally declare American lands and waters to be national monuments. Currently, the executive branch can make such designations without congressional approval. -
Kentucky Considers Certificate of Need Reforms
Opinion -Pointing to a need to “modernize the Certificate of Need program,” the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (KCHFS) indicated in a public memo it plans on “exempting services for which [it] is no longer necessary. -
How Can So Many World Leaders Be So Wrong?
Opinion -In a recent Daily Caller article, Michael Bastach took note of “25 Years of predicting The Global Warming ‘Tipping Point’. -
The Iceman Cometh?
Opinion -President Obama, Al Gore and other alarmists continue to prophesy manmade global warming crises, brought on by our “unsustainable” reliance on fossil fuels. -
An Open Letter to Dr. Ben Carson—and All Presidential Candidates—on Energy Policies
Opinion -Congratulations on your decision to run for President of the United States. I was at home writing at the time of your announcement. -
Pope’s Climate Plan Would Leave Billions Impoverished
Opinion -The pope’s climate conclave has come and gone, and with it went any hope this papacy would embrace a rational assessment of the evidence concerning claims humans are causing catastrophic climate change to inform his message to the world. -
State fleet selection should be based on best value
Opinion -In the parking lots of some union halls you’ll still see the signs: “No foreign cars allowed.” The signs almost seem quaint, a vestige of another era. -
Doctors Urge Vermont to Embrace Markets
Opinion -At a public event in Vermont, physicians from Kansas, Maine, New Jersey, and Vermont discussed how they deliver top-quality, inexpensive, and hassle-free health care directly to patients without the expenses and red tape associated with third parties. -
EU Antitrust Endgame is Google-Android Platform Neutrality
Opinion -Most have missed entirely the broader significance of the EC-DGComp’s laser-focused Google Statement of Objections (that charge Google is dominant in search and is abusing that dominance in Google Shopping by self-dealing via preferencing Google content -
Reforms Await Action, State Imposes Tax Hikes Instead
Opinion -Alabama’s Medicaid drug program could run more efficiently and help slow the growth of Medicaid spending, according to a commission established by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R), but the state legislature has not acted on the recommendations.
