Opinion
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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 Scott Walker’s budget repair bill was not law and could not be published as such.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. -
New Reporting Mandate for Companies Sets Stage for More Regulation
Opinion -Relationships between doctors and pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers will soon be under the microscope because of legislation forcing public revelation of such relationships and any ways they may have affected a doctor’s decisions. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Chicago-Based Heartland Institute Reacts to Blagojevich Guilty Verdicts
Opinion -Chicago-Based Heartland Institute Reacts toBlagojevich Guilty VerdictsFormer Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty today on 17 of 20 counts in his corruption trial in federal court. -
#278: Expanding the Medicaid Ghetto
Opinion -The AP’s report this week of a “glitch” in PPACA that would allow millions of members of the middle class to jump onto Medicaid is enough to rouse the frustrated objections of Medicare chief actuary Richard Foster:After initially -
Medicaid and State Sovereignty
Opinion -There’s another issue in the Florida case besides the individual mandate that Judge Vinson issued summary judgment on, this time ruling against the states, and that was the challenge to the Medicaid expansion provisions. -
Workplace Dispute
Opinion -Under Australian law, employers are now required to compensate workers for injuries suffered while they are working at home.The worker involved injured her shoulder when she twice slipped down the stairs in her home. -
California Shifts to Managed Care for Medicaid
Opinion -The California version of Medicaid, called Medi-Cal, will mandate the enrollment of about 400,000 of its patients in a state-sponsored managed-care plan over the next year. -
Cuban v. Perot
Opinion -Ross Perot Jr.--yes, the son of that Ross Perot--owns 5 percent of the stock of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team; yes, that Dallas Mavericks team. -
Cap on Debit Card Fees Will Hurt Consumers
Opinion -RE “AS banks search for revenue, the rules of the game get tougher for consumers’’ (Business, June 14): This article points out several real changes consumers can expect from the new debit card fee cap, but the reality could be far worse for consumers -
Heartland Institute Opens Ohio Office
Opinion -June 23, 2011 – COLUMBUS, OH – The Heartland Institute, a national think tank with offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, Tallahassee, Florida, and Austin, Texas, today announced the opening of a fifth office in Columbus, Ohio.Alan B. -
FERRARA: The Final Ticks of America’s Bankruptcy Bomb
Opinion -The failures of federal, state and local officials of both major parties - over many years - have primed a ticking bankruptcy bomb for the United States that will explode the American Dream if we don’t disarm it.
