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Defund Obamacare’s Insurance Rate Reviews
Opinion -The recently published U.S. -
Wicker’s COASTAL Plan a Boon to Homeowners, Insurers
Opinion -In the immediate aftermath of the 2005 hurricane season—the year of Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—visitors to the Mississippi Gulf Coast saw something more resembling a barren moonscape than a developed beachfront. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Experts React to Latest Jobs Report
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that the unemployment rate rose to a six-month high of 9.2 percent, with nonfarm payrolls rising only 18,000 in June. -
More Money, Equipment, Manpower for IRS Enforcement
Opinion -I have paid keen attention to IRS spending over the years because the manner in which the IRS spends is a look into the future. We can glean with reasonable accuracy where the IRS intends to devote its time and energy. -
Faith-Based Cost-Sharing Runs Into Challenges in Washington State
Opinion -A controversial decision in Washington state pitted state health care regulators against a cooperative charitable organization, exemplifying some of the hazards of increased government regulation of the industry. -
The White House’s Game of Chicken
Opinion -Today in Washington, Barack Obama’s White House is fully engaged in a game of chicken. But it’s not with Republicans in Congress. It’s with the truth about the future. -
Price Competition Can Lead to Quality Competition
Opinion -In our third-party-payer health insurance system the price for care is typically set by entities outside the doctor-patient relationship. As a result, providers rarely compete for patients based on money prices. -
In the Dark About Tanning Risks
Opinion -Artificial tanning--supposedly engaged in by Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, also known as Princess Kate, and her sister Pippa Middleton--causes cancer, according to a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania. -
Disabled Law
Opinion -The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a classic example of the unintended consequences of Congressional good intentions.The purpose of the law was to prevent employer discrimination against the disabled. -
#279: More Medicaid Delusion
Opinion -Over at Forbes, Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Avik Roy writes this morning on the latest evidence of Medicaid’s failure--a Government Accountability Office report released last week that details the lack of physician access for children and -
Limited Gains found in Chicago Preschool Program
Opinion -The long-term social benefits of good preschools for poor children found by a new study of a Chicago pilot program would likely have difficulty scaling up, as have all similar programs. -
New York Implements Medicaid Cuts, Transparency
Opinion -A new Web site will allow New Yorkers to monitor and track the progress of state goals for cuts and efficiency reforms to the state’s costly Medicaid program, which currently spends more on Medicaid than Texas and California combined. -
Bare Necessities
Opinion -Prison inmates have a constitutional right to view pornography, television, and video games, a lawsuit in Michigan alleges. -
Can You Hear the Thunder?
Opinion -I woke last night to the sound of thunder. How far off? I sat and wondered. – Bob Seger, “Night Moves,” 1976 In November 2008, voters weary of eight years of George W. -
FDA Criticized for Surprise Attack on Off-Label Device Use
Opinion -The Food and Drug Administration has issued a guidance document detailing a possible new regulation against off-label use of a category of medical devices, a development that stunned the device industry. -
Obama Administration Targets ‘Mini-Med’ Health Insurance Plans
Opinion -New regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are accelerating the demise of so-called "mini-med" health care insurance plans by eliminating a waiver program the plans needed to survive regulations within President Obama’s -
Low-Wage Employers in Need of Obamacare Waivers
Opinion -Beginning in 2014, ObamaCare will require employers with fifty or more full-time employees to offer affordable coverage to all of their employees or risk a hefty per-employee fine. -
Solve State Budget Woes with Coal
Opinion -The Florida legislative session has ended for 2011, which will give Gov. Rick Scott and legislators on both sides of the aisle a welcome opportunity to lick their wounds. -
Court Teaches Judge Sumi the Law
Opinion -The Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday not only reversed Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi’s May ruling that Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill was not law and could not be published as such. -
Heartland Institute Hails Passage of TWIA Reform
Opinion -AUSTIN, TX – The director of The Heartland Institute’s Texas office today praised the state legislature’s final passage of a bill to reform the Texas Wind Insurance Association (TWIA).The bill, which now heads to Gov. -
Ethanol Votes Show Big Government Represents Big Business
Opinion -The United States continued its march from republic to corporatocracy this week when the U.S. Senate rejected opportunities to end government support of ethanol. -
For the Birds
Opinion -A Michigan couple has sued, claiming local wild peacocks and wild turkeys are a neighborhood nuisance. They have filed suit against the alleged owners of the birds and a group allegedly feeding them. -
Wicker’s COASTAL Plan a Boon to Homeowners, Insurers
Opinion -In the immediate aftermath of the 2005 hurricane season—the year of Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—visitors to the Mississippi Gulf Coast saw something more resembling a barren moonscape than a developed beachfront. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Reacts to U.S. Supreme Court Video Game Ruling
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court Monday struck down a California law that would have banned selling “violent” video games to children.
