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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s State of the Union Address
Opinion -Press Release -“The Heartland Institute has been advising many in the administration on climate and energy policy, so we were certainly encouraged and excited the president promoted his pro-energy, pro-America vision in his State of the Union Address.” - Tim Huelskamp -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Expert Testifying on Proposed Welfare Reforms in Wisconsin
Opinion -“Far too often, welfare programs create dependency on government rather than help people seek long-term self-sufficiency.” - John Nothdurft -
Alabama Welfare Work Requirements Would Benefit Everyone, Including Families
Opinion -Editorial -Self-reliance and prosperity reforms to Alabama's welfare system would save taxpayers’ money and get people get back to work. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirement
Opinion -Press Release -"The Trump administration should be highly commended for this action." - Tim Huelskamp -
Support Grows For Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Bill
Opinion -health-care-news -Congressional Democrats are lining up behind legislation that would set prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries. -
Alabama House Committee Considers Prohibiting Welfare Work Waivers
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Alabama House State Government Committee is considering a bill that would prohibit the state’s Department of Human Resources from requesting exemptions from federal work requirements for able-bodied individuals receiving welfare. -
Report: Oregon Medicaid Agency Misspent Taxpayers’ Money
Opinion -health-care-news, budget-tax-news -Ahead of a voter referendum on a new tax to fund the state’s Medicaid program, Oregon Health Authority (OHA), the state’s health care agency, disclosed hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent and wasteful spending. -
Utah Political Organization Pushes Medicaid Expansion Ballot Question
Opinion -health-care-news, budget-tax-news -A coalition of political advocacy organizations in Utah is trying to place a ballot question before voters in 2018, asking them to approve expanding Medicaid eligibility in the state. -
After Welfare Reforms, Kansas Childhood Poverty Rates Fall
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Childhood poverty rates in Kansas declined by 26 percent over the past five years, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, with the great majority of the improvement coming after the state government instituted work requirements for welfare. -
Welfare Work Requirements Return In Tennessee
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Next year, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will start enforcing work requirements for food stamp recipients living in 70 of the state’s 95 counties. -
Kentucky Gov. Bevin Pitches Medicaid ‘HEALTH’ Plan
Opinion -health-care-news, budget-tax-news -Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has gone on the road to answer voters’ questions about proposed state Medicaid reforms. -
Georgia Applies to Expand Welfare Work Requirements
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Georgia state government officials have submitted a plan to the federal government for permission to phase in work requirements for more of the state’s food stamp recipients. -
Hospital Revenue Declines as Patients Gain Obamacare Insurance
Opinion -health-care-news, News -ACA was projected to increase revenue at the hospitals in the report. -
We Can’t Have Cheap, High-Quality Health Insurance for Everyone
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -One of these variables has to give, writes Heartland Policy Advisor Scott Ehrlich. -
Free-Marketers Shouldn’t Give Up on Health Care Reform
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -The path to true health care reform is clear, and taking it has never been more urgent, writes Sally Pipes. -
Ohio Gov. Kasich Vetoes Medicaid Expansion Freeze
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Ohio House of Representatives has declined to vote to override the veto, for the moment. -
Congressional Subcommittee Considers Welfare Reform Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Nutrition is considering a bill to reform the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). -
Ivanka Trump Pitches Paid-Leave Mandate on Capitol Hill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka went to Congress to sell her idea for government-mandated paid parental leave. -
California Senate Approves $400 Billion Single-Payer Health Care System
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The bill ultimately failed, when a rational source of funding proved elusive. -
Millennial Group Proposes Obamacare Replacement Plan
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The next generation of leaders is fed up with Obamacare. -
CBO Score Muddies American Health Care Act Debate
Opinion -health-care-news, News -CBO uses antiquated data to score the House Obamacare replacement bill. -
States Ask Feds to Approve Work Requirements for Medicaid
Opinion -health-care-news, News -State officials are ready to move forward with Obamacare repeal. -
New Jersey Bill Would Expand Malpractice Protection for Charity Care
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Dr. Alieta Eck's charity health care center is a model for reaching low-income and uninsured patients without government funding. -
Arkansas Seeks Feds’ Approval to Roll Back Medicaid Expansion, Adopt Work Requirements
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Approval could result in the first major rollback of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.
