Opinion
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Controversial Board Set to Cut Medicare Payments
Opinion -In an April speech to the nation on budgetary issues, President Obama proposed strengthening one of the more controversial boards created under his health care law as a deficit reduction measure. -
Proposed Retransmission Rules May Ease Broadcast Blackouts
Opinion -Television blackouts resulting from retransmission fee battles have prompted the Federal Communications Commission to propose new negotiation rules between broadcasters and multichannel video programming distributors, more commonly known as cable and -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #10-11
Opinion -Cops in the Los Angeles Police Department lead the nation in one important statistic. It’s not fighting crime or capturing criminals; it’s suing the department for millions of dollars in damages over “workplace injustice. -
#274 – Medicaid and Louisiana
Opinion -Across the country, in response to budget pressures and poor outcomes, states are shifting their Medicaid systems away from fee-for-service toward managed care solutions. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Legal Expert Reacts to End of Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Recount
Opinion -Immediately after the April 5, 2011, judicial election, liberal Madison attorney JoAnne Kloppenburg was ahead of conservative incumbent David Prosser by 204 votes. -
Media Advisory: Texas Special Session Breathes New Life into Taxpayers’ Savings Grants
Opinion -Tuesday afternoon, at the start of the special session of the Texas Legislature, state Rep. -
End Fraud and Abuse in Illinois’ Workers Compensation System
Opinion -Is it possible Illinois lawmakers will end their legislative session doing little or nothing to fix the state’s workers compensation system?Sadly, but not surprisingly for this ill-governed state, that appears more likely by the day. -
Kids’ Taste Test is Being Ignored
Opinion -The food police prefer banning to blending and have targeted sugar and salt. Many school districts dropped flavored milk (chocolate or strawberry), even the low-fat varieties, because of small amounts of added sugar. -
Nevada Lawmakers Mull ‘Margins Tax’
Opinion -As part of their proposed $1.2 billion tax increase, which would be the largest in Nevada history, Democrat Party lawmakers are calling for a "margins" tax modeled after a similar tax in Texas. The proposed margins tax rate would be 0. -
Heartland Institute Praises Wicker’s COASTAL Act
Opinion -WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Heartland Institute today praised Sen. Roger Wicker’s (R-MS) introduction of the Consumer Option for an Alternative System To Allocate Losses Act of 2011, or COASTAL Act. The bill (S. -
District Court Orders ISP to Reveal Customer Info
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Obama’s Fake Education Reform
Opinion -Despite providing excellent opportunities for atypical learners and improved graduation rates among minorities, for-profit colleges have become synonymous with “diploma mills,” thanks in large part to a determination to destroy them, -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Reacts to Judge’s Decision on Walker Budget Repair Measure
Opinion -A Wisconsin state circuit court judge Thursday declared Republican Gov. -
Broadband Company Returns $14-Million E-Rate Grant
Opinion -One year ago the U.S. Government awarded Education Networks of America a $14.3 million E-Rate stimulus grant to provide broadband Internet technology to underserved school districts. A year later, ENA refused the funds in order to go it alone. -
Report: Flood Insurance Rates Far Too Low to Cover Risks
Opinion -Flood insurance rates in many areas are only one-third as high as they should be to reflect the true risk of flood damage, according to a new report from the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. -
More on Stanley Druckenmiller and the Risk of Default
Opinion -It's too bad that Stanley Druckenmiller is not Treasury secretary.He says, "I think technical default would be horrible, but I don't think it's going to be the end of the world. It's not going to be catastrophic. . . . -
Credit Card Defaults, Late Payments Lowest Since 2008
Opinion -Credit card defaults and late payments dropped again in April, falling to levels last seen in 2008. Five of the six top credit card companies reported both delinquencies and defaults dropped in April to multiyear lows. -
Fed Survey: Banks Willing to Extend More Credit
Opinion -Banks appear more willing to lend money, especially for consumer installment loans, where willingness is at the highest level since early 1994, according to the Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices. -
Big-Name Analysts Doubt Government Would Default
Opinion -As President Barack Obama and key lawmakers work on a deal to raise the national government’s debt ceiling, some prominent economists, public policy experts, and political activists have been arguing it’s more important to bring down spending -
A Letter to Paul Krugman: In Defense of the Health Care Consumer
Opinion -Dear Mr. Krugman:In your recent New York Times column, you write, “patients are not consumers” and go on to call such a characterization “sickening. -
Ryan Wrong to Absolve TARP, Right to Slam the Fed
Opinion -Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered an excellent speech to the Economic Club of Chicago in late May focusing on his debt reduction plan. -
Health Care Reporters: CDC to Pull Plug on Meningitis Vaccine Over Cost?
Opinion -I am writing to alert you to a story that has been grossly under-reported but is vitally important to infant health and the fight against meningitis.Meningitis is a rare disease, but it’s a leading cause of preventable deaths in infants. -
Vaccines, Who Should Decide?
Opinion -One of the most significant questions facing the country on health care policy in the wake of President Obama’s nationalized reforms is who ought to make decisions about which products are available, and for whom. -
Utah Allows Gold, Silver as Legal Currency
Opinion -There’s no telling how many people in Utah may decide to use gold and silver as legal tender, but there’s no doubt the message Utah lawmakers have sent the U.S.
