Opinion
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ALEC Calls for Privacy Solutions to Protect Consumer Choice
Opinion -The chairmen of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Communications and Technology Task Force are calling for the Obama Administration to protect consumers, their online privacy choices, and the growing digital economy as part of a -
A Postmortem Look at City Wi-FI
Opinion -Author Eric M. Fraser, a future guest on The Heartland Institute's InfoTech & Telecom News podcast, wrote this article for the August 2010 issue of Internet Law. -
New Study Argues Against Regulatory Oversight of Usage-Based Pricing
Opinion -Research conducted by a Washington, DC-based research institute concludes that prohibitions against usage-based pricing for broadband forces consumers to purchase services they do not use. The Phoenix Center Policy Perspective, “A Most Egregious Act? -
Oregon Court Denies Blogger Media Shield-Law Protection
Opinion -Ruling that blogger Crystal Cox is not a journalist granted protection under Oregon’s media shield-laws, U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez entered a $2.5 million judgment against her on November 30. -
AZ House Applies Brakes to Internet Censorship Bill
Opinion -Arizona House Bill 2549—a controversial bill intended to suppress online and electronic stalking, harassment, and cyberbullying—was pulled from further consideration by one of the legislation’s sponsors in response to nationwide concerns the proposed -
Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Ruled Unconstitutional Again
Opinion -Once again, a court has found the individual mandate contained within President Obama's health care law to be unconstitutional. -
Cell-Phone Taxes Are Double Sales Taxes Nationwide
Opinion -The combined tax burden on cell phones due to fees imposed by federal, state, and local governments is double the amount of the average retail sales tax, a study conducted by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University has found. -
Consumer Power Report: Downfall of the Old Order
Opinion -Robert Samuelson writes today on the “crisis of the Old Order” established by democracies in the post-World War II era – an order based in large part on the persistence of the welfare state and inevitable economic growth that fueled that entitlement -
Heartland’s Steve Stanek Debates the Debt Ceiling on ‘Chicago Tonight’
Opinion -Steve Stanek, research fellow at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Budget & Tax News, debates a liberal, a moderate liberal, and a liberal reporter on the debt ceiling crisis in Washington. -
District of Columbia Fires 5 Percent of Teachers for Poor Performance
Opinion -Five percent of the District of Columbia’s teaching staff received pink slips in mid-July after a newly implemented assessment program classified them as poor performers. -
Missouri Scraps Show-Me Health Insurance Exchange Act
Opinion -All states are required under President Obama’s health care law to create a state health insurance exchange by 2014. -
Oregon Revamps School System, Makes Governor Superintendent
Opinion -Oregon is in the process of almost completely revamping the state’s public-school sector from kindergarten through graduate school, after passage of new legislation this summer. -
Government Health Care Experts Act as Our Superiors
Opinion -Several months ago I began experiencing problems walking. I was born with deformed bones in my left foot, and the pressure from walking on this abnormal foot structure for more than 30 years has begun to take its toll. -
Sunshine Act Requires Disclosure of Doctor Payments
Opinion -A provision of President Obama’s health care law will mandate public reports on any incidents in which physicians accept speaking fees, five-star meals, or other compensation from pharmaceutical or medical device companies. -
The Market Case Explained …
Opinion -“The conservative or free market ideas for lowering health care costs are completely different from the ideas of liberal academics espoused by the White House, most of which consist of price controls, more regulation, more mandates, more bureaucracy, -
New Diagnostic Imaging Partnership Launched in Minnesota
Opinion -Minnesota’s Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI), a group of sixty health care organizations and providers, has announced a new partnership designed to reduce unnecessary expenses for high-tech diagnostic imaging (HTDI) tests while -
Understanding the Health Care Law: The Obamacare Disaster
Opinion -Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or “Obamacare”) is law, “what is in it” is revealed by 3,256 pages of legislative text, including the 858 pages of the reconciliation bill (as printed at my local library). -
What Should the Next Congress Do About Health Care?
Opinion -Although it’s too early to tell, next year we may have a very different Congress in Washington, one which might actually listen to the opinions of constituents. If so, what should the next Congress do about health care? -
Obamacare and Medicaid
Opinion -The key to understanding how the massive Obamacare bill will affect health care across the nation is to understand how it will expand and change the role of Medicaid. -
States Target Internet and Telecom for Exorbitant Taxes
Opinion -State governments are starving for more money to pay for their broken budgets. -
The Hsiao-Gruber Health Care Mega-System
Opinion -Professor William Hsiao of the Harvard School of Public Health recently unveiled his recommendations for this year’s version of health care reform in Vermont. The 2010 legislature defined and paid for Dr. -
Individual Rationing vs. Government Rationing
Opinion -“There is a strong moral component of medicine and its practice. But we also must remember that health care is an economic good: It costs money to provide it for people. And the moment something costs money, the laws of economics become important. -
Maternity Coverage Suffering Under Obamacare
Opinion -Individuals seeking maternity coverage in the non-group insurance market are discovering fewer options are available as insurers seek to cut costs to meet the regulatory demands of President Obama’s health care law. -
‘Tofu’ Law that Snared Blagojevich Ought to be Repealed
Opinion -Illinois politicians were posing for holy pictures this week after the conviction Monday of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on 17 federal criminal charges.
