Opinion
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Are Hospitals the Enemy?
Opinion -No. At least, probably not.But over at Slate, Reihan Salam makes a pretty compelling case for hospitals being a major problem in terms of health care costs. -
Obamacare ‘a Little Better’ Than Expected Means Millions More Uninsured
Opinion -In February, the Obama administration announced 11.4 million people had signed up for Obamacare in the second open-enrollment period, leading President Barack Obama to say, “The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is working. -
Panel weighs municipal bankruptcy; other options available, some witnesses say
Opinion -SPRINGFIELD — Do Illinois cities need the option of filing bankruptcy? It’s something the state has to consider, says state Rep. Ron Sandack, R-Downer’s Grove. -
High-Deductible Alarmism
Opinion -Kaiser Health News is a pretty good source of information on what's happening in the world of health care policy. That said, the general bent of the articles tend towards support for government-oriented rather than market-oriented policies. -
Overhaul Public Pensions Now
Opinion -Unless local and state governments act now, a tsunami of underfunded public pension plan obligations will soon rush ashore and drown taxpayers with tax hikes and crippling debt. -
Playing Accounting Games with Social Security
Opinion -Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office released its “Updated Budget Projections: 2015 to 2025.” From that release, the media has widely reported that the projected budget deficit for 2015 is $486 billion. -
Climate Witch Hunt Is Bad For Science, Bad For Witch Hunters
Opinion -Desperate times breed desperate measures, and for climate alarmists these are desperate times.There has been no measurable global warming for 18 years. -
How the California Dream Became a Nightmare
Opinion -Important attention has been drawn to the shameful condition of middle income housing affordability in California. -
The Trouble with Google as Truthsayer
Opinion -Google, Inc., with its $385 billion share value, has bumped Exxon to become America’s No. 2 ranking company in market capitalization.That may not be a good thing. -
Congressman’s Letter Attacking Climate Scientists Generates Heated Responses
Opinion -Rep. Raul Grijalva, ranking member of the U.S. -
Battling Over the Doc Fix
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #456 Congress is currently trying to find a path forward on the notorious “doc fix,” whose scheduled expiration on March 31 would result in a 20 percent pay cut for doctors receiving reimbursement from Medicare. -
Obamacare Failing, Doctors Will Take Future Blame
Opinion -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. -
BBC Drops the Ball on Baseball & Smokeless Tobacco
Opinion -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). -
The Obvious Has Apparently Happened
Opinion -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 -
VA Scandal: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Opinion -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
Opinion -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. -
Sierra Club Representative Misleads in New Mexico Renewable Mandate Hearings
Opinion -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. -
Legislation Limiting Certificate of Need Introduced in South Carolina
Opinion -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. -
The FCC Delivers the Latest Dose of Obama Cronyism
Opinion -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
Opinion -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 -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on ‘Doc Fix’ Bill for Medicare
Opinion -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. -
VA A Preview of Single-Payer Politics
Opinion -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
Opinion -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
Opinion -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.
