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Obamacare Failing, Doctors Will Take Future Blame

Published March 25, 2015

By Justin Haskins

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on March 9 projecting Obamacare premium prices to outpace both private insurance premiums and government spending between 2016 and 2018.
- Government & Liberty
- Alcohol & Tobacco
BBC Drops the Ball on Baseball & Smokeless Tobacco

Published March 25, 2015

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It’s almost baseball season, which means it’s time for anti-tobacco extremists to start grabbing easy headlines. One especially zealous state lawmaker wants to ban smokeless tobacco by players and fans in all California ballparks (here).
- Health Care
The Obvious Has Apparently Happened

Published March 25, 2015

By Sean Parnell

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The Wall Street Journal reports today on a study showing that what pretty much everyone with any basic economic understanding predicted has come to pass, that the 30-hour 'full-time' employee definition in Obamacare has caused many firms to cap their
- Health Care
VA Scandal: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Published March 25, 2015

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In the year since news broke of significant problems at the Veterans Administration health program, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned and was replaced by former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald and Congress passed legislation giving veterans
Mackinac Center Gets FOIA Charges Reduced from $1,550 to $50

Published March 25, 2015

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In celebration of Sunshine Week (March 15-21), the Mackinac Center for Public Policy announces its victory in persuading the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to release public information at a more reasonable cost.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Sierra Club Representative Misleads in New Mexico Renewable Mandate Hearings

Published March 24, 2015

By James Taylor, H. Sterling Burnett

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The Sierra Club appears to be hiding its efforts to prevent the New Mexico legislature from freezing the state’s renewable energy mandate at 15 percent.
- Health Care
Legislation Limiting Certificate of Need Introduced in South Carolina

Published March 24, 2015

By Matthew Glans

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South Carolina state Rep. Murrell Smith (R-Sumter) has introduced legislation to loosen the state’s certificate of need restrictions on the ability of health providers to build or open new health care facilities.
- Government & Liberty
- Technology
The FCC Delivers the Latest Dose of Obama Cronyism

Published March 24, 2015

By Seton Motley

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The huge-er government gets – the greater its ability to deliver cronyism goodies. The bigger the wallet government has – the larger the regulatory hammer it wields – the more Crony Socialism it can dispense.Remember when President Barack Obama said this?
Marketplace Fairness Act Violates Principles of Free Trade, Fairness

Published March 24, 2015

By Jesse Hathaway

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In fall 2014, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) refused to allow a vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA), a bill effectively forcing online businesses to collect and remit sales taxes to cities, counties, and states in which they are not
- Health Care
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on ‘Doc Fix’ Bill for Medicare

Published March 24, 2015

By Sean Parnell, Jane M. Orient, M.D.

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Leaders in the House of Representatives on Tuesday introduced legislation to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate formula for Medicare payments to doctors and replace it with a different formula.
- Health Care
VA A Preview of Single-Payer Politics

Published March 24, 2015

By Sean Parnell

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It's been a while since I've heard single-payer advocates tout the VA as "proof" that government-run health care works.
Texas Lawmaker Proposes Statewide Ridesharing Legalization

Published March 24, 2015

By Amelia Hamilton

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Responding to a crackdown on sharing-economy alternatives to taxicab company monopolies in San Antonio, a Texas lawmaker is proposing standardizing the state’s transportation regulations, in order to encourage competition and innovation in the state.
Kentucky Tobacco Ban Goes Up in Smoke

Published March 24, 2015

By Rudy Takala

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A proposed statewide ban on smoking in private workplaces and public indoor spaces has been halted indefinitely, after the Kentucky Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee declined to accept the bill for consideration.
- Environment & Energy
Don’t Dump Dumbo

Published March 24, 2015

By Jeff Stier

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The animal rights groups claiming victory for elephant ban are only wasting time and money.For all the families who have yet to take their children to a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — hurry.
- Education
Student Privacy Bill Delayed

Published March 23, 2015

By Heather Kays

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Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) did not release a student privacy bill March 23 as expected.
- Health Care
FDA Approves First ‘Biosimilar’

Published March 23, 2015

By Sean Parnell

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In a move that could lower prescription drug costs for some of the most expensive treatments on the market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for the first time a “biosimilar” for sale in the United States.
- Environment & Energy
Cornyn Offers ESA Reform Bill

Published March 23, 2015

By Kenneth Artz

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has introduced a bill to reform the listing procedure for the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and change the way settlements are reached when environmentalists sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to force a listing.
Secretive John Doe special prosecutor who fancies a good leak screams secrecy breach

Published March 23, 2015

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MADISON, Wis. — As the state Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in a case involving Wisconsin’s politically charged John Doe investigation, the probe’s special prosecutor appears more desperate than ever to protect his all-but-dead Doe.
Philadelphia Mayor Proposes Property Tax Hike to Fund Schools

Published March 23, 2015

By Rudy Takala

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To help close a $80 million funding deficit in the School District of Philadelphia’s budget , Mayor Michael Nutter (D) is proposing a 9.3 percent property tax hike on city homeowners. If enacted, taxes on homeowners would increase from 1.
Study Reveals the Seven States with ‘Failing’ Welfare Programs

Published March 23, 2015

By Justin Haskins

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When the Republican-controlled Congress promoted welfare reform as one of its top priorities in 1995, opponents accused them of being unsympathetic to the plight of impoverished Americans and insisted the proposed policies would end up harming true
- Environment & Energy
Radical Environmentalism’s Death Campaigns

Published March 23, 2015

By Paul Driessen

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The terms racism, white supremacy, crimes against humanity are bandied about so often that they have become almost meaningless.
- Health Care
Bipartisan Reform Proposed for Veterans Health Care

Published March 23, 2015

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Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), a national advocacy group for veterans, released a proposal to improve health care for former service members at an event featuring a bipartisan group of elected officials and other health care experts.
- Environment & Energy
The Question of Evolution

Published March 23, 2015

By Clifford Thies

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One of the potential contenders for the Republican nomination for President, Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, was surprise-asked the evolution question. The liberal media recurrently seeks to entertain itself with such "gotcha" questions.
Logan Pike and Justin Haskins: R.I. welfare system gets an ‘F’

Published March 23, 2015

By Justin Haskins

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By Logan Pike and Justin Haskins Everyone knows newly elected Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, has her hands full in Rhode Island.

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