Opinion
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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. -
The Great Society’s Big Medicaid Lie
Opinion -When Medicaid was first created by President Lyndon B. Johnson, it was characterized as a safety net for the poorest of the poor. In the decades since, the program has expanded dramatically beyond that purpose. -
New Accountability System in Works for Wisconsin
Opinion -Wisconsin parents will have more ways to evaluate schools and their children’s progress under a new accountability initiative proposed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker and state Superintendent Tony Evers. -
Second of Five NCLB Bills Supports Charters, Moves Forward
Opinion -As part of their piecemeal approach toward reauthorizing No Child Left Behind, congressional Republicans are getting support from Democrats for modifying part of the dominant federal education law to encourage states to develop and expand high-quality -
Scott Walker’s Education Plan
Opinion -The oldest voucher program in the nation will expand to two southern Wisconsin counties now that Gov. Scott Walker (R) has signed the state budget. -
Utah District Cuts Ties with Teachers Union
Opinion -Tough economic times have pushed a Utah school district to end formal bargaining relations with union officers and to draft a new, nonunion contract individual teachers must sign in order to keep their jobs. -
Assistant Secretary-Designate Wodder Is a Choice Conservatives Should Like
Opinion -Eli Lehrer, vice president of Washington, DC operations for The Heartland Institute and national director of its Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, issued the following statement on the nomination of American Rivers CEO Rebecca Wodder to the -
#281: IPAB’s Bane
Opinion -Heartland Senior Fellow Avik Roy’s testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health last week was part of a thorough and interesting hearing on IPAB with several notable moments, which he covers thoroughly at his Forbes blog.
