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Health Care Reform Organizations Directory
Opinion -American Action Forum1401 New York Avenue NW #1200Washington, DC 20005phone 202/657-8428http://www.americanactionforum.org American Enterprise Institute1150 17th Street NWWashington, DC 20036phone 202/207-0190fax 202/862-7177http://www.aei. -
Nader Groups Demand Feds Regulate Drug Industry Use of Social Media
Opinion -With the growth of social media, companies and consumers now use sites such as Facebook and Twitter to share information and provide support and service. -
ObamaCare’s Long Term Care Drug Delivery Rule Criticized
Opinion -A regulation in President Obama’s health care law will change the frequency of deliveries from pharmacies that dispense brand-name drugs to long-term-care facilities, such as nursing homes. -
Revolutionary Changes to NHS Moving Forward in UK
Opinion -Great Britain’s National Health Service is preparing to apply the first dramatic reforms to the program in decades, moving it toward a more consumer-focused system under Tory Prime Minister David Cameron’s Health and Social Care Bill. -
Republican Governors Make Choices on Exchanges
Opinion -One of the key requirements under President Obama’s health care law is that each state set up a functioning health insurance exchange by 2013. -
Idaho Legislature Explores Nullifying ObamaCare
Opinion -Opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or ObamaCare, are trying many options to defeat its implementation, and a handful of Idaho legislators are hoping their state will blaze a new path: State nullification of the health -
Solutions for the Ten Structural Flaws of Obamacare
Opinion -There’s no question the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) must be repealed. -
HHS Waivers Incite Controversy
Opinion -As the Department of Health and Human Services proceeds with implementation of President Obama’s health care law, the granting of hundreds of waivers from the law has become a controversial issue. -
Analysis: Mandatory Phone Books in the ‘Harrison Bergeron’ State
Opinion -If you have an old landline telephone in Michigan, one of many outdated regulations requires the phone company to print and deliver a “white pages” directory to your house. -
Governors Demand Expedited Review, Flexibility From Administration
Opinion -As governors across the nation continue to determine how to respond to the demands of President Obama's health care law in the wake of two court decisions in Florida and Virginia which found it unconstitutional, 27 Republican governors have requested the -
Heartland Institute Announces Plan to Erase Florida’s Budget Gap
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Heartland Institute today unveiled a plan to erase Florida’s $3 billion budget gap. -
Directory of National and State School Reform Organizations
Opinion -National School Reform OrganizationsAlliance for School Choice1660 L Street NW #1000 Washington, DC 20036 phone 202/280-1973 fax 202/280-1989 www.allianceforschoolchoice. -
Study: Drugs from Emerging Markets Have High Failure Rates
Opinion -A new study assessing the quality of drugs made in emerging markets found the danger of variability remains high for several areas. -
Forecasting Expert Calls for End to Government-Funded Research on Global Warming
Opinion -In testimony yesterday before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Committee on Science, Space and Technology, forecasting expert J. -
Governors Should Follow Jindal’s Lead on Exchanges
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Medicaid Waivers and the Rhode Island Model
Opinion -As Congress considers a vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, discussion has ignited once again around the planned expansion of Medicaid and how it would bankrupt state budgets. -
Study: ObamaCare Significantly Increases Texas Medicaid Spending
Opinion -Already facing a challenging budget picture, Texas received more bad budgetary news with the release of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s study Final Notice: Medicaid Crisis, A Forecast of Texas’ Medicaid Expenditures Growth. -
Vermont Considers Single-Payer System
Opinion -The Vermont legislature, which has considered imposing a single-payer health care system in the past, is discussing the step once again in the current legislative session.William Hsiao, the K. T. -
SiriusXM Asks FCC Permission to Raise Rates
Opinion -In 2008, Sirius and XM agreed to a two-year price cap as a condition for receiving Federal Communications Commission approval of the merger of the two satellite radio stations. -
Nation Is Spending More on Education, Producing Worse Outcomes
Opinion -In November the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its Program for International Student Assessment scores, measuring educational achievement in 65 countries. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Institute to Offer “Big Ideas” for Health Care Reform on Thursday, April 7
Opinion -On Thursday, April 7, The Heartland Institute will bring to Capitol Hill several of the nation’s leading experts on health care reform for a “Big Ideas” conference addressing one of the top public policy issues of our day. -
Flight of Indiana House Democrats May Preclude ‘Dramatic’ School Reforms
Opinion -On their way out of Indiana, 38 House Democrats fleeing to prevent quorum in the newly Republican-controlled statehouse knocked an ambitious set of school reforms into limbo. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Institute Comments on DC School Choice Vote in Congress
Opinion -A bill that would revive a school voucher program in the District of Columbia will likely come to a vote today in the House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass. -
Bipartisan Effort to Revive DC Voucher Program
Opinion -Legislation to restore funding for the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program is moving through Congress, with key committees in the House and Senate holding hearings in recent weeks. Sens.
